After the bloodbath in New York yesterday gold closed at $1,564.50 down $40 as the search for a floor went down to a new recent low assisted by a two cents weaker euro. In Asia overnight the gold price did not really bounce but rose from close to $1,560 to $1,568 ahead of London’s opening. In London it was Fixed at $1,568.50 and in the euro at €1,189.339, while the euro was $1.3188. Ahead of New York’s opening, gold was $1,573.65 and in the euro at €1,193.52.