• U.S.-listed shares of copper miners rise premarket, tracking gains in prices of the red metal [MET/L]

• Benchmark copper on London Metal Exchange up 2.1% at $13,437 a ton

• Prices dropped 1.5% on Wednesday on demand concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the Gulf conflict was "over"

• Copper prices rebound on Thursday as the market hopes for another de-escalation in hostilities in the Gulf and the U.S. dollar dips after its recent surge

• Shares of global mining giant BHP Group rise 1.3%

• Miners Southern Copper up 1.8% and Freeport-McMoRan adds 1.6%

• Canada's Hudbay Minerals jumps 2.7% and Ero Copper adds 1.3%

(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)