based trader. "There is still some interest from funds and Chinese stocks are low." Three-months copper last traded at $3,287, up $37, in London on Wednesday. The market scored an all-time high of $3,336 on April 12. The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, rose 1.3 percent to a two-month high and the MSCI non-Japan materials sub-index rose 1.1 percent. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average rose 0.23 percent, promising a fifth successive rise, and MSCI's index of non-Japan Asian shares put on 0.2 percent at 1025 GMT, but Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.4 percent. Among export shares, South Korea's Hyundai Motor rose 1.7 percent but Canon fell 0.3 percent. Japanese retailers Isetan and Takashimaya climbed 1.1 and 2.3 percent respectively. --More 0641 Local Time 0341 GMT
