Select Commodities – Outlook • Copper Gains as U.S. Unemployment Drop Boosts Demand Outlook - Cooper in London rellied after the U.S. unemeploment rate fell, signaling that an economic recovery is lifting the labor market out of the worst slump in the post-World War ll era. Payrolls declined by 11,000, figures from the labor Department showed on Dec.4 in Washington, compared with the median forcast for a 125,000.