Gold miners down as metal price slips on stronger dollar

U.S.-listed shares of gold miners down premarket, tracking fall in bullion prices GOL/

Spot gold XAU= down 0.2% at $3,307.81/ounce after hitting a nearly two-week high earlier in the session

Gold prices slipped, hurt by an uptick in the dollar, although worries over the U.S. government's increasing debt burden and fiscal outlook kept prices above $3,300 level

Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N fall marginally

South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N down 1.6%, Harmony Gold HMY.N dips 2.1% and AngloGold Ashanti AU.N down 1.9%

Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N down 1%