BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - Prices of copper and other base metals in London climbed on Tuesday after recent falls, although gains were limited by concerns about demand from China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $9,250.50 per metric ton as of 0154 GMT. The contract had hit its lowest level in more than three months in the last session.
The most-traded September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid 0.7% to 75,690 yuan ($10,406.41) a ton.
China last week reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter economic growth, raising concerns about metals demand from top consumer China and sparking a sell-off in the market.
China surprised markets by cutting major short- and long-term interest rates on Monday, its first such broad move since August last year.
However, this did little to ease concerns around demand. The market was also disappointed by a lack of further stimulus from the plenum last week, ANZ analysts said in a note.
LME aluminium gained 1.1% to $2,326 a ton, lead added 0.5% at $2,093.50, zinc moved 0.6% higher to $2,743, tin rose 1% to $30,200 and nickel was up 0.3% at $16,235.
SHFE aluminium dropped 0.7% to 19,420 yuan a ton, nickel dipped 0.2% to 128,770 yuan, lead slid 0.7% to 19,160 yuan, tin lost 2.4% to 251,980 yuan and zinc eased 0.3% to 23,355 yuan.
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($1 = 7.2734 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Siyi Liu and Mei Mei Chu; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
