Australian gold stocks fall for fifth session as bullion slides
BUZZ-Australian gold stocks fall for fifth session as bullion slides ** Australian gold stocks .AXGD fall 2.1% to 15,006.2 points
** Gold sub-index slides for a fifth consecutive session
** Gold down over 1% to a more than two-month low on Tuesday, tracking broader market selloff and pressured by rising expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year GOL/
** Shares of heavyweights Northern Star Resources NST.AX and Evolution Mining EVN.AX down 1.6% each
** YTD, AXGD down 20.3% vs a 0.9% drop in the broader benchmark .AXJO
(Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru)
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