RTRS:METALS-Copper firms on soft dollar, Chile strife
* Market holiday in China, Hong Kong
* COMING UP: U.S. employment trend index for May, 1400 GMT
(Updates prices, adds comment, pvs SINGAPORE)
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian
LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - Copper gained on Monday, buoyed by a softer dollar following weak economic data out of the United States and output disruptions in producer Chile.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 traded at $9,166 a tonne by 0920 GMT from a close of $9,099 on Friday. There was no trade on the Shanghai Futures Exchange due to a one-day holiday in China.
"What we're seeing today is a bit of a rebound after rather bad U.S. data ... which has weighed on the dollar and given support to the euro," Danske Bank analyst Christin Tuxen said.
Friday data showed U.S. payrolls rose by 54,000 in May, the softest reading since September and the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent in May from 9 percent in April. [ID:nOAT004818] Continued...
