** Shares of gold miners rise, tracking prices of bullion
** Spot gold up 0.2% at $2,334.32/ounce, helped by weaker U.S. dollar
** Softer dollar makes the precious metal less expensive for other currency holders
** Top miners Newmont and Barrick Gold gain 1.9% and 0.2%, respectively
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Sibanye Stillwater , Gold Fields , Harmony Gold and AngloGold Ashanti
rise between 2% and 3.1%
** Canadian miner Kinross Gold up 1.3%
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))
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