New Delhi: Copper prices on Tuesday rose by 0.41 per cent to Rs 530.40 per kg in futures trade on pick-up in spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for December delivery traded higher by Rs 2.15, or 0.41 per cent, at Rs 530.40 per kg in a business turnover of 419 lots.

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