** Shares of Australian copper miners fall, tracking a decline in prices of the red metal

** Shanghai copper declined on Friday amid a broader sell-off, as Chinese investors left on the last trading day before the long Lunar New Year break MET/L

** Shares of Sandfire Resources SFR.AX fall 3.2%, and local shares of Capstone Copper CSC.AX slide 4.7%

** The broader mining index .AXMM is down 1.8%

(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)

((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))