Gold closed slightly weaker at $1,283.50 down $3.90 in New York on Monday. Asia let it slip, as did London, down to $1,378 ahead of the Fix where it was set at $1,381.00 in London, down $2.74 on Monday’s Fixing. In the euro it Fixed at €956.898 down €0.8 on Monday’s Fixing. Ahead of New York’s opening the euro strengthened to $1.3398: €1 with gold at $1,281.30 and in the euro at €956.37.