Gold futures drop, suffer a loss for the week

Gold futures settled sharply lower Friday on the back of a stronger U.S. dollar, to finish out the week with a loss of 0.4%. June gold dropped $20.30, or 1.6%, to settle at $1,230 an ounce. For the week, prices lost roughly 0.4%, according to FactSet data.

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