FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.9 percent at $6,727 a tonne, as of 0144 GMT, after trading flat overnight. * The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange climbed 0.21 percent to 52,230 yuan ($7,924.56) a tonne. * NICKEL PRICES: LME three-month nickel retreated 0.6 percent to $10,955 a tonne.