Gold miners down as bullion falls on stronger dollar, investors booking profits

Kinross Gold

24/02/2026 09:51

** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners fall premarket, tracking a drop in prices of the precious metal GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= down 1.08% at $5,170.58 an ounce

** Prices fell more than 1%, easing from a three-week high hit earlier in the session, as a stronger dollar and profit taking weighed on prices while investors awaited clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N both fall 1.2% and 1%, respectively

** South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N down 1.9% and Anglogold Ashanti AU.N falls 1.1%

** Canadian miners Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N and Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N dips 1.7% and 1.1%, respectively

 (Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)

 ((Katha.Kalia@thomsonreuters.com))