June 22 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Thursday in tepid Chinese holiday trade as a weaker dollar and low inventories lent support, but sentiment was still weighed down by a lack of meaningful Chinese stimulus.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.1% at $8,693.50 per metric tonne at 0813 GMT, having fallen as much as 0.6% earlier in Asian trading hours.

LME data

released at 0800 GMT showed falling copper inventories, pressuring an already tight supply in the exchange warehouse network.

A weaker dollar also made greenback-priced metals cheaper to holders of other currencies.

LME aluminium advanced 0.9% to $2,243, nickel increased 1% to $21,445, zinc climbed 2% to $2,464.50 per metric tonne, tin advanced 1.6% to $27,735, while lead increased 0.8% to $2,189.50.

The Chinese market is closed for a public holiday during June 22-23 and will reopen on June 26.

China also unveiled a $72 billion tax break package over four years for electric vehicles and green cars, lending metals some support.

"It (the tax break) is not enough to kickstart the economy, because it is not a firehose. Nonetheless, it is a good targeted approach," said a metals trader.

"Next week, there will be an extension to the downside on metals prices until China adds more stimulus, but the Shanghai Futures Exchange will be back so there will be more trading volume," the trader said.

The supportive measures China announced, including widely-expected rate cuts, were "disappointing", the trader added.

The market is still hoping China would release more measures to boost its economic growth following poor data.

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(Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; editing by Eileen Soreng and Sonia Cheema)