** Australian mining stocks .AXMM jump as much as 1.2%,
marking their biggest intra-day pct jump since Oct. 30
** The sub-index snaps from a two-day losing streak
** Iron ore futures rose overnight on growing optimism over
further stimulus from top consumer China IRONORE/
** Shares of top miners BHP Group BHP.AX and Rio Tinto
RIO.AX rose up to 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively
** Capstone Copper CSC.AX , Alcoa Corp AAI.AX and Syrah
Resources SYR.AX top gainers on the sub-index, adding between
0.2% and 0.6%
** AXMM is down 11.5% YTD, including current session's moves
(Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru)
((Roushni.Nair@thomsonreuters.com))