Australia's copper miner Oz Minerals slides on weak overnight copper prices

Aeris Resources

02/08/2022 06:03

** Shares of Oz Minerals  OZL.AX  fall up to 3.3% to
A$18.28, worst intraday pct loss since July 25
    ** Copper prices fell as traders and investors sold risky
assets amid escalating China-U.S. tensions on news U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to visit
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    ** Smaller peers Sandfire  SFR.AX  down 2.6%, while Aeris
Resources  AIS.AX  falls up to 10.8%
    ** Metals and mining index  .AXMM  drops as much as 2%

 (Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru)
 ((navya.mittal@thomsonreuters.com))