Sell-off in gold miners wipes $8 bln off their market value

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A steep sell-off in shares of gold miners, tracking a plunge in the metal's price, wiped out more than $8 billion from their combined market value on Monday and pushed a global index of gold stocks to a 6-1/2-year low.

from http://ift.tt/1LnEDlU