** Australian gold stocks .AXGD fall 3.9% to 15,060.1 points, their steepest intraday pct drop since October 28

** Bullion slipped more than 1% on Tuesday, pressured by stronger dollar as traders awaited U.S. economic data for clues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path GOL/

** Sector heavyweights Northern Star Resources NST.AX and Evolution Mining EVN.AX down 3.6% and 5.3%, respectively

** Including session's losses, AXGD up ~79% YTD

(Reporting by Atharva Singh in Bengaluru)

((Atharva.singh@thomsonreuters.com))