** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking prices of the red metal
** Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange $(LME.UK)$ rebounded 1.7% to $9,928 a metric ton by 1315 GMT after easing by 1.3% in the previous session
** Copper prices bounced back supported by a softer dollar after weak U.S. jobs data and revisions to forecasts showing diminished supply after mine disruptions
** U.S.-listed shares of BHP Group up 1.3%
** Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan up 0.5% and 1.7%, respectively
** Canadian miners Ero Copper , Hudbay Minerals
and First Quantum Minerals up between 1.4% and 4.7%
(Reporting by Roshia Sabu in Bengaluru)
((Roshia.Sabu@thomsonreuters.com))
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