Copper inches down on cautious outlook for trade

Copper fell today even as dollar slipped against most rivals as markets look for US-China trade talks cautiously. 

Earlier Chinese data showed copper imports rose last month 14% to 479 thousand tonnes. 

that is a 8.9% yearly increase from 440 thousand tonnes in January 2018. 

The dollar index shed 0.2% to 97.04, with a session-low at 96.9. 

Copper prices dipped 0.1% to $276.9 a pound, with an intraday high at $280.2, and a low at $276.2.