HANOI, March 9 (Reuters) - Copper prices in London fell on Tuesday, while some other base metals also declined as a firm dollar made greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange declined 0.7% to $8,935 a tonne by 0133 GMT. Aluminium fell 0.4% to $2,163 a tonne, nickel dipped 0.6% to $16,245 a tonne and zinc slid 0.3% to $2,773 a tonne.

The dollar held near a 3-1/2-month high against its rivals as higher bond yields and expectations of faster economic normalisation from the pandemic in the United States put the U.S. currency at an advantage.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Copper inventories rose to 84,250 tonnes, the highest since Jan. 21, in LME warehouses and were at a high level unseen since September 2020 of 163,025 tonnes in warehouses tracked by ShFE .

* The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.3% to 66,660 yuan ($10,196.40) a tonne, aluminium fell 0.9% to 17,210 yuan a tonne while zinc climbed 1.2% to 21,545 yuan a tonne.

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MARKETS NEWS

* Asian stocks were set for a strong open, helped mostly by global recovery prospects and the passage of a $1.9 U.S. trillion stimulus bill, shaking off a mixed Wall Street session after a big downturn in tech shares.

DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

1000 EU GDP Revised QQ, YY Q4

PRICES

Three month LME copper

Most active 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 = 6.5376 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; editing by Uttaresh.V)