New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) Copper prices on Friday traded up by 0.37 per cent to Rs 769.25 per kg in the futures market on the back of a pick-up in the spot demand.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for delivery in February traded higher by Rs 2.80, or 0.37 per cent, to Rs 769.25 per kg in a business turnover of 2,505 lots.

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Analysts attributed the rise in copper prices to the raising of bets by participants driven by a pick-up in the spot demand.

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