
Spot gold dropped more than 1 percent on Friday to approach $1,711 per ounce, dragged down by euro weakness after a leader of a party in the Greek coalition said he would not vote for measures needed to secure a bailout for the country.
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The euro fell to $1.3185 from $1.3230 on trading platform EBS to trade down around 0.6 percent for the day.