Gold closed stronger at $1,344.60 down $8.40 in New York on Tuesday. Asia lifted it $2 and London lifted close to $1,350 ahead of the Fix, where it was set at $1,349.50 up $2.50 over yesterday’s Fix. In the euro it Fixed at €980.813 up €2.0 over yesterday’s Fixing as the dollar vacillated. Ahead of New York’s opening gold stood at $1,350.20 and in the euro at €981.11, while the dollar stood at $1.3762: €1.