Gold miners gain as bullion hits fresh record high

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

** Spot gold XAU= rises 0.9% to $3,718.59/ounce, after hitting record high of $3,719.65 earlier in the session

** Gold prices surge on investors' expectations of dovish Fed rate cut path; multiple U.S. central bank officials' remarks, key inflation data due later in the week

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining B.N up 1.8% and 2.4%, respectively

** South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N and Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N gain nearly 1%, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N up 1.9%, Harmony Gold HMY.N rises 3.6%

** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.N and Kinross Gold KGC.N gain about 2%