Gold miners gain as bullion prices edge up

** U.S.-listed shares of gold miners jump premarket, tracking a rise in prices of bullion

** Spot gold GOLD up 0.8% at $2,655.98/ounce, as China's central bank resumed gold purchases after a six-month pause, while expectations for an interest rate cut at the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting next week strengthened

** Top miners Newmont NEM and Barrick Gold ABX up 1.9% and 1.8%, respectively

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFI up 5%, Harmony Gold HAR up 5.8% and AngloGold Ashanti AU up 3.9%

** U.S.-listed shares of Canadian miner Kinross Gold K up 2.4%