(Adds analyst comment and dateline, updates prices) By Eric Onstad LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose 1% on Monday on supply fears after a fatal mining collapse in Chile, the world's biggest producer, but gains were capped by concerns over the global economy. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange reached $9,722.50 a metric ton by 0930 GMT,...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) * FTSE 100 up 0.5%, FTSE 250 UP 0.6% * UK's bank shares jump after Supreme Court ruling on car loan claims * BP UP on major oil and gas discovery in Brazil's Santos basin Aug 4 (Reuters) - Bank...

PRAGUE, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Central European currencies eased a touch on Monday but clung to higher ground after a weaker U.S. dollar gave them a lift late last week, while investors awaited inflation data and central bank meetings in the region in the coming days. With Czech monetary policymakers widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday for...

06:46 AM EDT, 08/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets largely tracked higher Monday, lifted by the prospect of softer global interest rates after a weak US jobs report on Friday increased the odds for US rate cuts in the second half of 2025. Hong Kong and Shanghai finished in the green, while Tokyo fell back. Other regional exchanges were...