** Shares of gold miners down, tracking falling prices of the bullion GOL/
** Spot gold XAU= down 1.4% at $2,680.68/ounce as some investors booked profits after it briefly reached a five-week high earlier in the session and others squared positions ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting next week
** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO down 1.4% and 1.8%, respectively
** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Harmony Gold HMY.N down 3.1%, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N down 3.5% and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N down 2.4%
** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO and Kinross Gold K.TO down 1.5% and 3.8%, respectively
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))
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