Copper miners fall as investors book profits

Shares of copper miners rise, tracking higher prices of the red metal

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 1.3% at $13,440 per metric ton

Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N both down 2.2%

Southern Copper SCCO.N drops 3.3%; Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N falls ~6%

Canada's Teck Resources TECKb.TO down 4.2%; Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO plunges 6.3%; Ero Copper ERO.TO falls ~6%