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Urgent: Gold down sharply on strong U.S. jobs report

Xinhua, March 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday as a much- anticipated U.S. jobs report showed much-better-than-expected job growth.

The most active gold contract for April delivery fell 31.9 U.S. dollars, or 2.67 percent, to settle at 1,164.30 dollars per ounce. Endite