• Australian gold stocks fall as much as 1.4% to hit their lowest since June 11

• Sub-index on track for a fourth straight session of losses

• Bullion prices posted their biggest weekly loss in six on Friday as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions fuelled inflation fears and reinforced expectation for U.S. interest rate hikes [GOL/]

• Evolution Mining and Northern Star Resources

drop 2.3% and 0.9%, respectively

• Sub-index down 24.1% YTD

(Reporting by Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru)