Gold closed in New York at $1,572.50 down $6.50 on yesterday. In Asia and London it traded slightly higher at $1,575 ahead of the Fix in London which was set at $1,572.50 down nearly $5 and in the euro at €1,205.258 down nearly €7, while the euro was at €1: $1.3047 cents. Ahead of New York’s opening it traded at $1,574.90 and in the euro at €1,206.31.