** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking price of the red metal MET/
** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 was up 2.2% at $12,893 a metric ton as of 1700 GMT, after earlier climbing to $12,941
** Copper prices rise as investors stepped in to buy the dip and as industrial metals prices tracked a rebound in tech stocks
** "They rarely leave significant capital in the market" during the holiday, says Panmure Liberum analyst Tom Price, adding that volatility tends to increase and leads to dip buying
** Shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N up 2.9% and 1.4% respectively
** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N climb 4.2% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N rise 2.7%
** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO up marginally and ERO Copper ERO.TO rise 2%
(Reporting by Varun Sahay in Bengaluru)
((Varun.sahay@thomsonreuters.com))