The price of copper on Monday morning is stable in the absence of significant factors, the trading data shows.

March futures on copper on the Comex exchange went up by symbolic 0.05% to $4.0187 a pound (about 0.45 kilograms).

At the end of trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Friday, the cost of a ton of copper with delivery in three months fell by 1.4%, to $8,857.5, aluminum - by 2.34%, to $2,440.5, zinc - by 2.58%, to $3,042.5.