METALS-LME copper prices drift on steady dollar, China holiday
(WorldNews Business)

MELBOURNE, Feb 20 (Reuters) - London copper drifted lower on Tuesday as a firm dollar dictated direction in a thinly traded market, with holidays in top metals user China. FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper eased for a second day, dropping 0.3 percent to $7,096.50 a tonne by 0240 GMT, having touched its highest in a month on Friday at $7,253. * OTHER METALS: Other metals were largely unchanged in extremely light trading volumes of less than 1,000 lots. ......