** Australian gold stocks .AXGD rise as much as 4.1% to 11,474.2; marks biggest intraday percent gain since May 6
** Gold prices gained more than 1% on Thursday on a softer dollar and weak U.S. economic data GOL/
** Evolution Mining EVN.AX rises 4.7%; among top pct gainers on local benchmark .AXJO
** Northern Star Resources NST.AX adds 3.5%; Bellevue Gold BGL.AX advances 3.3%
** However, AXGD set to decline 10.4% for the week, if trends hold
** YTD, sub-index climbs 30.8%
(Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru)
((Nichiket.Sunil@thomsonreuters.com;))
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