MELBOURNE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - China's new global copper contract had a spluttered start on Thursday, reflecting a downbeat trend across the complex amid concerns that more coronavirus lockdowns could temper demand.
FUNDAMENTALS
* COPPER: China's international bonded copper futures contract fell at the open in its debut trade, slipping 1.4% on Thursday on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange to 47,010 yuan ($7,159) a tonne.
* VOLUMES: Volumes stood at 6640 lots, around an eighth of the levels of the most-actively traded Shanghai contract.
* SHFE COPPER: Shanghai Futures Exchange copper traded flat at 52,580 yuan a tonne.
* LME COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper eased 0.6% to $7048 by 0407 GMT, erasing a small gain from the previous session. Prices hit $7,179 on Monday, the highest since June 2018, and have rallied more than 60% from the year's mid-March lows.
* DOLLAR: Metals failed to find much filip from a dollar that was weaker as investors worried about rising novel coronavirus deaths and began to wager on more monetary stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
* ZINC: A pile-up of hidden zinc stocks in Spain has helped create shortages in top consumer China and bolstered a price rally, despite expectations of surpluses this year for the metal used to galvanise steel.
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MARKETS NEWS
* GLOBAL: Asian shares eased from all-time highs on Thursday as widening COVID-19 restrictions in the United states weighed on Wall Street
PRICES
Three month LME copper
Most active ShFE copper
International ShFE copper
Three month LME aluminium
Most active ShFE aluminium
Three month LME zinc
Most active ShFE zinc
Three month LME lead
Most active ShFE lead
Three month LME nickel
Most active ShFE nickel
Three month LME tin
Most active ShFE tin
ARBS ($1 = 6.5664 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Melanie Burton; editing by Uttaresh.V)