** Australian gold stocks .AXGD fall 5.6% from its record-high hit in the previous session
** Sub-index hits lowest level in a week, on track to snap seven session of straight gains
** Gold prices fell more than 1% overnight as comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinting at a thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions fuelled optimism in equities and strengthened the dollar GOL/
** Shares of Northern Star Resources NST.AX and Evolution Mining EVN.AX fall 5.0% and 7.6%, respectively
** Both Northern Star and Evolution Mining hit lowest level in a week
** AXGD surged 54.9% this year, as of last close, vs a 4.2% fall in the benchmark index .AXJO
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com))
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