Mumbai, March 3 -- COMEX Copper futures rose today amid mostly steady cues from equities and a slide in LME Copper inventories during last week. Chinese manufacturing data also boosted sentiments. The red metal also benefited from the weakness in US dollar and currently trades at $4.58 per pound, up 0.88% on the day. In Asian equities, China's Shanghai Composite index eased 0.12% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.28%- both the indices stabilizing after hefty losses in last session. Japanese Nikkei index jumped 1.70% on steady manufacturing data. European stocks stayed largely positive with German DAX zooming up 1.16%. The US stocks recorded excellent gains on Friday despite mixed economic readings. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Co...