Gold miners gain as bullion prices edge up on weak US dollar

U.S.-listed shares of gold miners rise premarket, tracking a rise in prices of the bullion GOL/

Spot gold XAU= up 1.7% at $3,385.28/ounce. Bullion rose 2% earlier in the session to a record high of $3,395.95/ounce

Gold prices rise on a weaker U.S. dollar and worries about a global economic slowdown over rising U.S.-China trade tensions

Shares of top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Gold ABX.TO, GOLD.N up 3.2% and 3.9% respectively

U.S.-listed shares of South African gold miners Gold fields GFI.N up 3.3%, Harmony Gold HMY.N up 6% and AngloGold Ashanti AU.N up 3.2%

U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miners Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N and Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N up 4.2% and 3.2% respectively