** Shares of Australia's Bellevue Gold BGL.AX fall as much
as 5.3% to A$1.52, emerging as third-biggest losers in ASX 200
Index .AXJO
** The mineral explorer posts HY profit after income tax of
A$2.2 mln ($1.45 mln) vs loss of A$12.5 mln in the previous year
** Co reports HY revenue of A$49.1 mln
** Still, BGL stock tracks losses on Australia's gold
sub-index .AXGD , which fell as much as 2.1%
** Globally, gold prices remained under pressure on Tuesday,
falling more than 1%, after hopes of Federal Reserve cutting
interest rates soon dropped on a hot U.S. inflation report
GOL/
** Stock down 4.2% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.5133 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
((Roshan.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))