Dollar, Gold Close Slightly Lower in Europe: World:
^ The dollar closed slightly lower ' Jin Europe and was mixed in U.$. fading yesterday as traders ^sought to. determine the direction "ofÛªU.S. interest rates. Gold was ^lightly lower.</br></br>SJh Zurich gold eased $1.50 to StW 50 an ounce. In London it å¤j|&iå¤hed at $402.50, down from |Ij05.50 Tuesday. In New York å£fpld~ fell to $400.50 at the close from TuesdayÛªs $404. The New York Commodity Exchange settled gold at $400 compared with $402.40.</br></br>Silver dropped one penny to close at $8,275 an ounce and it settled on the Comex at $8.29 compared with $8.33.</br></br>Frankfurt, 2.2455 marks, down from 2.2575 (2.2470); Zurich, 1.8050 Swiss francs, down from 1.8090 (1.8090); Paris, 5.7010 francs, down from 5.73875 (5.7025); Milan, 1202.55 lire, down from 1204.80 (1,203).</br></br>WARNING TO JAPAN: U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield warned Japan yesterday it is taking. a great risk unless it opens its markets and cuts its trade surplus with the United States.