Updates

** Shares of gold miners rise, tracking price of bullion GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= up 1.18% at $4,382.73 per ounce, as focus returns to persistent global risks that have propelled bullion to its strongest annual performance in more than four decades

** Top miners: Newmont NEM.N rises 1.2%, Barrick Mining ABX.TO up 1.3%

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners: Gold Fields GFI.N up 3.6%, Harmony Gold HMY.N gains 2%, Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N rises 6.5%

** Canadian miners: Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO up 1%, Kinross Gold K.TO gains 1.4%

(Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)

((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))