From Reuters: U.S. copper futures closed up for the third straight session Wednesday, with follow-through momentum from a late-Tuesday rally on Wall Street and a firmer tone in crude oil helping to lift the red metal back above $1.50 a lb.

Copper for March delivery HGH9 rose 3.75 cents, or 2.5 percent, to settle at $1.5245 a lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s COMEX division….. Full Article: Source