• Australian miners rise as much as 2.5%, their highest level since July 6

• The sub-index on course for fourth consecutive session of gains, if current trend holds

• Miners rise on the back of rise in copper prices, which hit their highest point in more than two months on dwindling inventories outside the U.S. [MET/L]

• Mining giants BHP Group and Rio Tinto rise more than 1.5% each

• YTD, sub-index up 13.1%

(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)