Copper prices rose Wednesday after data showed China’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first two months of 2018, helped by strong overseas demand for Chinese goods.

Front-month copper for March delivery climbed 0.7% to $3.1400 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have fallen 4.3% in 2018 coming off their best year since 2010, with some analysts concerned about an economic slowdown in China, the world’s largest consumer of industrial metals.

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