** Shares of silver miners down, tracking falling prices of the white metal GOL/

** Spot silver XAG= down 1.8% at $32.96/ounce, due to stronger U.S. dollar and profit-taking

** Hecla Mining HL.N and Coeur Mining CDE.N down 1.7% and 2.7%, respectively

** Shares of Canadian miners Endeavour Silver EDR.TO and Silvercorp Metals SVM.TO fall 3.2% and 2.1%, respectively

** Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR.P and iShares Silver Trust SLV.P each down 1.7%

(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)

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