(Updates)
** Shares of gold miners rise after prices of the precious
metal climb for the fourth consecutive session and hitting a
more than six-month high
** Spot gold XAU= up 0.72% at $2028.3/ounce driven by a
retreating dollar and hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve is
done with its interest rate hike GOL/
** Top gold miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO
rise 1.1% and 1.06%, respectively
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields
GFIJ.J , GFI.N , AngloGold Ashanti ANGJ.J , AU.N , and
Harmony Gold HARJ.J , HMY.N up between 2.8% and 5.2%
** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO , and Kinross
Gold K.TO rise 2% and 0.6%, respectively
** B2Gold BTO.TO rises 2.8%, top pct gainer on the S&P/TSX
Composite index .GSPTSE
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))