Gold miners gain as bullion hovers near record high

** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners rise premarket, tracking higher bullion prices GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= rise 0.6% to $3,647.91/ounce after hitting a record high of $3,673.95 on Tuesday

** Gold prices rise, buoyed by expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut this month, while market participants awaited U.S. inflation data for clues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining B.N rise 0.9% and 0.7% respectively

** South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N, Harmony Gold HMY.N and AngloGold Ashanti AU.N up between 1% and 2.2%

** Canadian miner Kinross Gold KGC.N gain marginally