Updates

** Shares of gold miners rise, tracking a gain in bullion prices GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= rose 1.4% to $4,126.00 per ounce

** Gold prices rise as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes later in the day and delayed U.S. employment data

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO rise 3% and 2% respectively

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N up 5%, Harmony Gold HMY.N up 2.5%, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N up 4.2% and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N rises 8.5%

** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO gain 2.4% and Kinross Gold K.TO up 3%

(Reporting by Sumit Saha and Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)

((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))