Yen slides, dollar dips vs euro on US auto bailout hopes
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In the currency market, the dollar rode the F/F bail ever higher vs. the euro. Late Monday, the euro was trading at $1.4128 vs. $1.4231 on Friday.

Gold was little changed until London opened, when it rose to an intraday high of $835, but then spent the rest of the day trading weakly, finally finishing at $826.20, up $2.20. Overnight gold is trending higher.