** Australia's gold index rises as much as 1.3 pct,in a broader market that fell about 0.8 pct** Gold prices edged up from 2-month lows hit in theprevious session as the dollar scaled back from multi-week highs** The dollar fell to two-week lows against the yen anddropped from seven-week highs versus the euro on Thursday onfears of an imminent trade war after U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid the United States would impose tariffs on steel andaluminum ** Resolute Mining , Saracen Mineral Holdings and St Barbara Ltd are the top gainers on theAussie benchmark , up in a range of 2-2.4 pct** Heavyweight Newcrest Mining gains about 1.3 pct,while Evolution Mining Ltd climbs 2.1 pct to a 4-weekhigh (;Editing by Vyas Mohan)
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