Sept 28 (Reuters) - Copper prices declined on Thursday as a firm dollar and rising inventories in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses weighed on the market.

Three-month copper on the LME fell 0.5% to $8,073.50 per metric ton by 0431 GMT, while the most-traded November copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.2% to 67,070 yuan ($9,177.86) a ton.

The U.S. dollar index hovered around the highest level since Nov. 30, making the greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies.

Copper stockpiles in LME-registered warehouses have nearly tripled since July to 167,850 tons, the highest since May 2022.

LME nickel declined 0.6% to $18,890 a ton, having hit the lowest since July 2022 of $18,555 a ton in the previous session. Inventories in LME warehouses jumped to 41,628 tons, the highest since April 19.

LME aluminium eased 0.1% to $2,236.50 a ton, lead shed 0.3% to $2,147, tin edged down 0.1% to $25,620, while zinc rose 0.3% to $2,483.50.

SHFE zinc fell 0.6% to 21,470 yuan, lead declined 0.9% to 16,555 yuan, tin shed 1.3% to 217,330 yuan, while aluminium rose 0.2% to 19,425 yuan and nickel advanced 0.2% to 152,240 yuan.

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DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

0900 EU Consumer Confid. Final Sept

1200 Germany CPI Prelim YY Sept

1200 Germany HICP Prelim YY Sept

1230 US GDP Final Q2

1230 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly

($1 = 7.3078 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)