** Shares of gold miners rise tracking prices of the bullion
GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= up 0.4% at $2,302.00/ounce, as investors
positioned for US inflation data and the Federal Reserve's
decision on interest rates this week
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO both
rise 0.8%
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miner Sibanye
Stillwater SSWJ.J SBSW.N gains ~1%
** Canadian miners Franco-Nevada FNV.TO and Agnico Eagle
Mines AEM.TO up 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))