Published March 8, 2017 1:52pm EST | Updated March 17, 2017 3:51am EDT

Gold Prices Drop For 7th Straight Session

Gold futures tallied a seventh straight session decline on Wednesday to end at their lowest level since the beginning of February. Upbeat data on U.S. private-sector jobs helped boost the dollar and fed expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting next week. April gold lost $6.70, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,209.40 an ounce.