• Australian miners rise as much as 1.6%, their highest level in a week

• Miners gain on the back of rising copper prices that hit their highest in more than six months on Monday [MET/L]

• The world's largest copper producer, BHP Group rises as much as 4.2% after the miner logged FY underlying attributable profit of $13.20 bln, above Visible Alpha consensus of $12.66 bln

• Rival Rio Tinto up as much as 0.6%

• YTD, AXMM up 18.4%
(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)