** Shares of copper miners fall, tracking prices of the red metal MTL/
** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 0.8% at $9,501.50 a metric ton
** Prices fall as softer demand from price-sensitive consumers, such as China, pushed the growth-dependent metal down from its recent highs, sparked by the 90-day U.S.-China trade truce
** U.S.- listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N fall 1.2% each
** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N down 3% and 3.2%, respectively
** Shares of Canadian miners Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO and Teck Resources TECKb.TO dip 3.5% and 3%, respectively
(Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)
((Katha.Kalia@thomsonreuters.com))
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