(Updates)
** Shares of gold miners and palladium ETFs climb as dollar
weakness lifts prices of precious metals ahead of Fed rate hike
decision urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Y229S
** Spot gold XAU= was up 1.2% at $1,829.99/oz as of 1225
GMT (0825 ET), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 were up 1.1% to
$1,832.70/oz GOL/
** Palladium XPD= gain 1.2% to $1,836.85/oz; platinum
XPT= advance 2.1% to $939.88/oz
** U.S.- and Canada-listed shares of Barrick Gold GOLD.N
ABX.TO edge up 0.5% and 0.6%, respectively
** U.S.- and Canada-listed shares of Kinross Gold KGC.N
K.TO jump 1.7% each; completes divestment of Russian assets at
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** Newmont NEM.N gains 0.7%
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Sibanye
Stillwater SSWJ.J , SBSW.N , Anglogold Ashanti ANGJ.J ,
AU.N , Gold Fields GFIJ.J , GFI.N , Harmony Gold HARJ.J ,
HMY.N climb 1.5%-4.6%
** U.S.- and Canadian shares of Yamana Gold AUY.N YRI.TO
add 0.2% each
** Palladium One PDM.V up 3.6%
** abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF PALL.P , Sprott
Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust SPPP.P , and abrdn
Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF GLTR.P rise
1.4%-2.2%
(Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru)
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