Copper prices eased on Friday as investors braced for a U.S. interest rate hike in March, but were headed for their biggest weekly gains since October supported by tight supply.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.4% at $9,920 a tonne by 0715 GMT, but it was up nearly 3% for the week, its biggest gain in 13 weeks.
The most-traded February copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended down 0.6% at 71,460 yuan ($11,249.82) a tonne.
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