Oct 24 (Reuters) - Prices of most nonferrous metals rose on Tuesday as a weaker U.S. dollar made the greenback-priced commodities cheaper to holders of other currencies.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.4% to $8,002 per metric ton by 0256 GMT, while the most-traded December copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.6% to 66,300 yuan ($9,081.07) a ton.

The dollar softened against a basket of currencies, mirroring a dip in Treasuries yields as investors awaited key U.S. economic data before the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting next week.

LME aluminium increased 0.3% to $2,182 a ton, nickel rose 1.1% to $18,385, zinc advanced 0.6% to $2,435, lead was up 0.3% at $2,108 and tin was almost unchanged at $24,900.

However, the cash contracts for five out of six base metals on the LME were trading at a premium to their corresponding three-month contracts, indicating ample near-term supplies.

All base metals except tin were headed for a monthly decline in October.

LME copper inventories eased to 190,450 tons, but were up 157% from July-end.

SHFE aluminium dipped 0.1% to 18,895 yuan a ton, nickel fell 1.2% to 146,930 yuan, lead lost 0.2% to 16,485 yuan, tin was down 0.6% at 213,520 yuan, while zinc rose 0.6% to 21,055 yuan.

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DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

0600 UK Claimant Count Unem Chng Sept

0600 UK ILO Unemployment Rate Aug

0715 France HCOB Mfg, Serv, Comp Flash PMIs Oct

0730 Germany HCOB Mfg, Serv, Comp Flash PMIs Oct

0800 EU HCOB Mfg, Serv, Comp Flash PMIs Oct

0830 UK Flash Comp, Mfg, Serv PMIs Oct

1000 UK CBI Business Optimism Q4

1345 US S&P Global Mfg, Serv, Comp Flash PMIs Oct ($1 = 7.3009 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)