** Shares of gold miners decline, tracking the fall in
precious metal prices which eased from a one-week peak pressured
by a firmer dollar
    ** Spot gold  XAU=  slips 0.6% to $1,797.36 an ounce  GOL/ 
    ** World's biggest gold miner Newmont Corp  NEM.N  down 1.4%
at $56.68
    ** Barrick Gold Corp  ABX.TO , AngloGold Ashanti  ANGJ.J 
 AU.N , Agnico Eagle Mines  AEM.TO , Franco-Nevada Corp  FNV.TO 
and Gold Fields  GFIJ.J   GFI.N  - decline between ~2.0% and
5.4%

 (Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru)
 ((Arunima.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com))