Gold futures finished lower Thursday, extending a slide for the precious metal that pushed prices to their lowest level in about five years Wednesday. December gold was $3.90, or 0.4%, lower to settle at $1,081 an ounce. The yellow metal is on track to post a weekly decline, its fourth in a row, marking its longest weekly losing streak since the week ended June 26, which kicked off five straight weeks of declines, FactSet data show.
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