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
* 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)