** Shares of silver miners gain, tracking rising prices of the white metal GOL/

** Spot silver XAG= up 1.7% at $39.728/ounce, as U.S. inflation data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next month

** Hecla Mining HL.N rises 5% and Coeur Mining CDE.N up 3.8%

** Canadian miners Endeavour Silver EDR.TO up 6.2% and Silvercorp Metals SVM.TO rises 4.9%

** Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR.P and iShares Silver Trust SLV.P each up 1.6%

(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)

((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))