** Shares of gold miners fall, tracking losses in prices of
the bullion GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= down 1.4% at $2,364.12 per ounce, as
investors square positions to focus on U.S. economic data that
could offer additional insights into timing of Federal Reserve's
potential interest-rate cuts
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO slip
3.4% and 3.8%, respectively
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields
GFIJ.J GFI.N , Anglogold Ashanti AU.N , Sibanye Stillwater
SSWJ.J SBSW.N and Harmony Gold HARJ.J HMY.N drop between
1.9% and 4.8%
** Canadian miners Franco-Nevada FNV.TO , Agnico Eagle
Mines AEM.TO and Kinross Gold K.TO are down between 1.1% and
3.9%
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))