Gold suffers biggest one-day drop since 1980s (1/3)

A salesperson shows a gold product in a gold shop in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 15, 2013. Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange suffered their biggest one-day decline since the 1980s on April 15, with the most active gold contract for June delivery tumbling 140.3 dollars, or 9.27 percent, to settle at 1,361.1 dollars per ounce. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping)