** U.S.-listed shares of lithium companies gain premarket,
after top metals consumer China unleashed wide-ranging stimulus
measures to boost its flagging economy
** Piedmont Lithium PLL.O , Arcadium Lithium ALTM.N and
Albemarle ALB.N up between 3.8% and 5.1%
** Chile's SQM SQM.N up 4.9%
** Canada's Lithium Americas LAC.N rises 3.9%
** Other metals LME aluminium CMAL3 gains 2.1% to $2,548 a
ton, zinc CMZN3 up 2.9% at $2,967.50, nickel CMNI3 rises
1.1% to $16,720, lead CMPB3 advances 1.1% to $2,081 and tin
CMSN3 climbs 1.4% to $32,735
(Reporting by Tanay Dhumal in Bengaluru)
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