New York closed at $1,220.50 up $13.2 as the euro strengthened slightly. In Asia the gold price rose to $1,226.40 with the euro at $1.1851 ahead of London’s opening at which the gold price tackled $1,230, the next overhead resistance, before retreating to $1,222 just before the Fix. The Fix saw the gold price set at $1,222.00 up $11.75 and in the euro, at €1,035.77 up €10.677 while the euro slightly weaker at $1.1798. Ahead of New York’s opening gold was trading in London at $1,222.30 and in…