• Shares of gold miners down, tracking lower bullion prices [GOL/]

• Spot gold down 0.6% at $4,446.58/ounce, on track for a mild weekly decline

• Gold prices fall after stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates as soon as this month, denting non-yielding bullion's appeal

• Bullion down more than 2%, hitting an intraday low of $4,364.99/ounce, after the data

• Top miner Newmont and Barrick Mining down 1.4% and 1.3%, respectively

• U.S.-listed shares of South African miners: AngloGold Ashanti , Harmony Gold and Sibanye Stillwater

decline between ~1% and 2%

• Canadian miners: Agnico Eagle Mines and Kinross Gold each down ~1%

(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)