Gold miners fall as gold prices edge lower after hawkish US Fed comments

Sibanye Stillwater

Today 11:20

** US-listed shares of gold miners down premarket, tracking bullion price decline GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= slips 1.6% to $4,074.04/ounce 
** A US Federal Reserve official's statement that aggressive monetary policy may be needed if inflation continues to rise weighs on bullion ahead of US consumer price data
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N, Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N down 2.1% each 
** South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N, Harmony Gold HMY.N and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N drop between 2% and 3.3%
** Canadian miners: Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N dips 2.6%, Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N falls 2.4%

 (Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
 ((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))