Gold closed in New York at $1,558.30 down $17 on yesterday, making $40 in two days. In Asia and London it traded lower down to $1,543 ahead of the Fix in London which was set at $1,545.25 down $23 and in the euro at €1,207.415, down €22 while the euro was at €1: $1.2798. Ahead of New York’s opening it traded at $1,546.00 and in the euro at €1,205.32.