Copper prices on Thursday rose by 1 percent to Rs 484.50 per kg in futures trade on pick-up in spot demand.
On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for July delivery traded higher by Rs 4.80, or 1 percent, at Rs 484.50 per kg in a business turnover of 6,862 lots.
Analysts attributed the rise in copper prices to raising of bets by participants, driven by pick-up in spot demand.
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