Gold miners gain as spot prices scale new record peak

Gold miners rise premarket, tracking bullion prices GOL/

Spot gold XAU= jumps more than 1% to $3,214.92 an ounce; it briefly hit a record high of $3,219.84 earlier in the session, spurred by a weak dollar and concerns due to an intensifying trade war

Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO, GOLD.N up 2.9% and 2.6%, respectively

U.S.-listed shares of South African miner Gold Fields GFI.N up 6%, while peer AngloGold Ashanti AU.N jumps 7.5% and Harmony Gold HMY.N rises 4.5%

U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miners Kinross Gold KGC.N and Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.N up 2.8% and 3.05%, respectively