NEW DELHI, June 25 (Reuters) - Copper futures were marginally up on Tuesday but a stronger dollar alongside subdued demand prospects in top consumer China kept gains in check.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.2% at $9,676 per metric ton, as of 0227 GMT.

In the broader market, the dollar remained strong ahead of Friday's release of the U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index - the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation.

A firmer dollar makes greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies.

The most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was up 0.04% at 78,800 yuan ($10,849.81) a ton.

"As we settle into a summer market, volumes and volatility will likely soften," Sucden Financial said in a note.

"We believe that the market still has more room on the upside, but the timing is now extended, given a defensive market. We expect metals to remain in range in the near term."

LME aluminium was 0.06% lower at $2,501.5 a ton, nickel edged 0.2% lower to $17,285, zinc slipped 0.04% to $2,845, lead eased 0.6% to $2,171, and tin was down 0.6% at $32,535.

SHFE aluminium eased 0.3% to 20,325 yuan a ton, nickel was up 0.2% to 134,420 yuan, lead slipped 0.2% to 18,800 yuan while zinc fell 0.7% to 23,600 yuan and tin dropped 0.3% to 271,900 yuan.

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($1 = 7.2628 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Neha Arora; Editing by Rashmi Aich)