NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spot gold prices sank over 4 percent on Friday morning, falling below $1,500 per ounce for the first time since July 2011 as across-the-board selling accelerated mid-morning.
Weak financial markets, a firmer dollar and pressure from a draft plan for Cyprus to sell bullion were behind the selling, traders said.
Spot gold sank just over 4 percent to as low as $1,493.35 per ounce. At 11:14 a.m. (1514 GMT), prices were down 3.65 percent at $1,503.71 an ounce.
(Reporting by Josephine Mason; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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