Australia's miners fall to one-week low on soft commodity prices
BUZZ-Australia's miners fall to one-week low on soft commodity prices ** Australian miners index .AXMM falls as much as 1.2%, marking its lowest level September 18
** Sub-index tracks weakness is copper and iron ore prices MET/L IRONORE/
** BHP BHP.AX, Rio Tinto RIO.AX and Fortescue FMG.AX lose 0.7%, 1.1% and 0.3%, respectively
** YTD, AXMM up 13.4% vs benchmark's .AXJO 0.6% fall
(Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru)
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