BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - London copper climbed on Wednesday on a weaker U.S. dollar as traders awaited a key U.S. inflation report for clues on the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.3% at $10,144 per metric ton by 0203 GMT, while the most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange shed 0.4% to 81,510 yuan ($11,267.00) a ton.
The dollar traded near a one-month low versus the euro on Wednesday amid lower Treasury yields. A weaker dollar makes it cheaper to buy the greenback-priced commodity.
Elsewhere, U.S. copper prices on the CME hit a record peak on Tuesday, fuelled by robust demand in the United States and fund buying.
LME aluminium edged 0.1% lower at $2,549.50 a ton, tin climbed 0.4% to $33,500, nickel gained 0.1% to $19,095, zinc moved 0.1% higher to $3,006.50 and lead rose 0.7% to $2,275.
SHFE aluminium declined 0.6% to 20,495 yuan a ton, zinc dipped 0.2% to 23,755 yuan, nickel slid 0.2% at 144,110 yuan, while lead advanced 1.9% to 18,670 yuan and tin rose 1.1% to 272,960 yuan.
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DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0645 France CPI (EU Norm) Final MM, YY April
0900 EU GDP Flash Estimate QQ, YY Q1
1000 EU Reserve Assets Total April
1230 US Core CPI MM, SA; YY, NSA April
1230 US CPI MM, SA; YY, NSA April
1230 US CPI Wage Earner April
1230 US Retail Sales MM April ($1 = 7.2344 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Siyi Liu and Colleen Howe; Editing by Sohini Goswami)
