Oct 5 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Monday after data from top producer Chile showed output fell in August, but trading volume was thin due to a holiday in key consumer China from Oct. 1 to 8.

Chile's copper production fell 6.2% year on year to 481,700 tonnes, however, the January-August output of 3.78 million tonnes was up 0.4%.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had gained 0.1% to $6,556 a tonne by 0249 GMT, lead was up 0.2% at $1,774.50 a tonne, aluminium had lost 0.3% to $1,762 a tonne, and nickel was down 0.4% at $14,355 a tonne.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Japan's copper output in the second half of the 2020/21 financial year will rise 2.1% year on year, Reuters calculations showed, as solid exports to top buyer China will help outweigh the pandemic-hit local demand.

* An Indonesian nickel smelting project being built by China's Tsingshan Group and partner companies to produce battery-grade chemicals has withdrawn a request to dispose of waste in the ocean, a government official said on Friday.

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MARKETS NEWS

* Stock markets rose on hopes that President Donald Trump could be discharged from hospital later in the day, easing some of the political uncertainty that shook global bourses in the previous session.

DATA/EVENTS (GMT, Sept)

0600 UK Reserve Assets Total

0750 France Markit Serv, Comp PMIs

0755 Germany Markit Services PMI

0755 Germany Markit Comp Final PMI

0800 EU Markit Serv, Comp Final PMIs

1345 US Markit Serv, Comp Final PMIs

1400 US ISM N-Mfg PMI

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 (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)