Gold companies shares down at 10 a.m.

Shares of some top gold companies are down at 10 a.m.:

Barrick Gold Corp. fell $.05 or .4 percent, to $12.76.

Gold Fields Ltd ADS fell $.07 or 1.5 percent, to $4.34.

GoldCorp fell $.19 or 1.0 percent, to $19.23.

Newmont Mining Corp. fell $.31 or 1.3 percent, to $23.20.