• Australian gold miners rise as much as 5.3%, gaining their most since June 15

• Bullion rose more than 2% overnight after weaker-than-expected U.S. non-farm payrolls data reduced expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes this year [GOL/]

• Sector heavyweight Evolution Mining adds 4.5% and Northern Star Resources gains 6.8%

• YTD, sub-index down over 14%

(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)