Gold miners fall as stronger dollar pressures bullion; Fed minutes in focus
BUZZ-Gold miners fall as stronger dollar pressures bullion; Fed minutes in focus ** US-listed shares of gold miners fall premarket, tracking a drop in prices of the bullion GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= down ~1% at $4,118.7/ounce
** Prices fall on a stronger US dollar, while investors awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve's September meeting to gauge the degree of support among policymakers for further rate hikes GOL/
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N slip ~2% and 1.5%, respectively
** US listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N, Harmony Gold HMY.N and AngloGold Ashanti AU.N decline between 1.7% and 4.5%
** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N and Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N dips 1.9% each
(Reporting by Tyakshi Singh)