• Australian gold stocks fall as much as 1.5% to their lowest level since May 8

• Gold prices slid on Wednesday as war-driven inflation worries weighed on expectations for interest rate cuts [GOL/]

• Gold miners Ramelius Resources , Northern Star Resources and Evolution Mining fall between 0.7% and 1.8%

• Sub-index down 4.6% so far this year

(Reporting by Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru)