In restricted activity, copper futures prices recovered by 0.34 per cent to Rs 425 per kg today as speculators enlarged their positions amid a slightly better trend at the London Metal Exchange (LME).

Firm trend at the spot market on the back of pick-up in industrial demand also influenced the futures prices here.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper futures for delivery in April rose Rs 1.45 or 0.34 per cent to Rs 425 per kg with a business turnover of 3,123 lots. It had lost 2.1 per cent to Rs 423.55 per kg in the previous session.

Likewise, the metal for delivery in June gained Rs 1.35 or 0.31 per cent to Rs 430.85 per kg with a business turnover of 247 lots.

Analysts attributed the recovery in copper futures to firming metal prices at the LME.

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