Gold miners fall on firm dollar, profit booking

U.S.-listed shares of gold miners slip premarket, tracking a fall in prices of the precious metal

Spot gold XAU= down 0.4% to $3,031.62/ounce, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 fall 0.2% to $3039.00/ounce GOL/

Gold prices fall as the dollar firmed and investors booked profits after bullion hit three successive all-time peaks this week, buoyed by safe-haven demand amid trade war concerns and hopes of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this year

Top gold miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO, GOLD.N slip 0.9% and 1.1%, respectively

U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFIJ.J, GFI.N, AngloGold Ashanti ANGJ.J, AU.N and Harmony Gold HARJ.J, HMY.N down between 0.8% and 1.4%

U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N and Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N slip 1.2% and 1.1%, respectively