BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - London copper prices slid on Friday after mixed China trade data, while investors awaited a key U.S. jobs report later in the day for cues on when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.8% to $10,076 per metric ton by 0611 GMT. It was trading almost flat for the week.

The most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.5% to 81,350 yuan ($11,229.83) a ton.

China's trade data on Friday showed better-than-expected exports in May, suggesting factory owners are managing to find buyers overseas. However, imports increased at a slower pace.

Meanwhile, unwrought copper imports last month came in higher than expected, adding to concerns that inventories in China would rise further.

Deliverable copper stocks in SHFE warehouses stood at 321,695 tons last week, a four-year high.

Also weighing on the market was demand in China, which had been hit by a recent surge in prices.

Copper prices surged to record highs of above $11,000 in late May, partly due to funds betting on the metal's use in the green energy sectors and a potential shortage.

Regardless, expectations of a Fed rate cut in September rose after data this week hinted that the U.S. labor market was cooling. The U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, due later in the day, is expected to show job growth likely maintained its moderate pace in May and wage gains held steady.

The dollar hovered close to an eight-week low, making it cheaper to buy the greenback-priced commodity.

LME aluminum dipped 0.2% to $2,643.50 a ton, nickel advanced 0.3% to $18,590, zinc added 0.5% to $2,923, tin was up 1% at $32,515, and lead shed 0.2% to $2,238.

SHFE aluminum ticked 0.2% higher to 21,270 yuan a ton, lead moved 0.1% lower to 18,815 yuan, tin increased 2.4% to 267,400 yuan, zinc climbed 0.8% to 24,195 yuan and nickel gained 0.2% to 142,170 yuan.

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($1 = 7.2441 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Siyi Liu and Colleen Howe; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Savio D'Souza)