Gold miners gain as bullion rises on weaker dollar, drop in Treasury yields

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

Spot gold XAU= up 0.8% at $5,066.68/ounce

Prices gain buoyed by a weaker dollar and lower Treasury yields, while investors awaited key U.S. jobs data later in the day for clues on the Federal Reserve's policy outlook

Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N rise 1.5% and 1.9% respectively

South African miners Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N and Gold Fields GFI.N up 4.5% and 1.9%, respectively; Anglogold Ashanti AU.N gains 2.6%

Canadian miners Kinross Gold K.TO, KGC.N and Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO, AEM.N up 2.1% and 1.5%, respectively