• Australian gold stocks fall as much as 2.6%, their biggest intraday pct loss since September 2

• Bullion prices fell on Tuesday amid rising inflation concerns and expectations of a rate hike by U.S. Federal Reserve this month [GOL/]

• Major producers Evolution Mining and Northern Star Resources trade ex-dividend; stock down 3.7% and 3.1%, respectively

• Shares of Westgold Resources fall over 6%, becoming one of worst performers in the benchmark index

• Sub-index up ~1.4% YTD, including the session's moves

(Reporting by Anjali Singh in Bengaluru)