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-->>Copper climbed the most in almost two weeks in New York after an official manufacturing gauge rose unexpectedly in China, the world’s biggest user of the metal.

A purchasing managers’ index released June 1 gained to 50.8 in May rather than dropping to 50.0 as predicted by economists. Prices also increased after Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. said a probe of accidents at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia may halt work for as long as three months. Nickel jumped on a report that a Chinese stockpiling agency bought the metal.

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