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* FTSE 100 hits 2-week high

* Miners boost UK stocks

* Bunzl gains on upbeat annual profit outlook

* General industrials shares lead sectoral gains

* FTSE 100 surge 1.2%, FTSE 250 up 1.3%

Aug 29 (Reuters) - The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 index hit a two-week high on Tuesday, following an extended weekend as miners rose on optimism over fresh policy support from top consumer China, while Bunzl advanced on upbeat annual profit outlook.

The blue-chip index surged 1.2%, while the FTSE 250 rose 1.3%. Both the indexes were on track for their biggest intraday gain in more than a month.

The London Stock Exchange was closed on Monday due to a summer bank holiday.

The FTSE 100 outpaced its regional peers, with the broader pan-European STOXX 600 up 0.4%.

Industrial metal miners tracked metal prices to gain 1.6%, cheered by policy support from China.

Beijing said in a statement on Sunday it was halving stamp duty on stock trades along with a series of other measures, including loosened margin loan rules and slowing the pace on initial public offerings (IPOs), in the latest attempt to boost market confidence in the world's second-largest economy.

"It's news from China that's really helped drive the index higher," said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown.

"Miners have been on the front foot today partly because of hopes that relief for the Chinese economy will improve demand for the metals and minerals."

All the sub-indexes were in the green by 0814 GMT.

Shares of Bunzl climbed more than 3% after the British business supplies distributor hiked its annual adjusted operating profit forecast.

Bunzl's stock was the biggest gainer in the benchmark index, helping a rally in general industrials shares that rose 2.7%, leading sectoral gains.

Drugmakers Dechra and Hikma, along with retailer Marks & Spencer and technical products provider Diploma are set to join FTSE 100 in September, indicative changes announced by FTSE Russell showed last week.

The actual review will be carried out using data as at market close on Tuesday. (Reporting by Siddarth S in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Sohini Goswami)