Gold traded firmer off of the Dollar's inability to move higher off its recent pattern of strength. Better than expected scheduled US economic reports should have lifted the Dollar, but instead the Greenback had fallen back into negative ground just ahead of mid session. It is also possible that better than expected US economic numbers served to tamp down recently renewed US slowing concerns. Surprisingly, the gold market traded firmer throughout the morning action despite a mid morning break in crude oil. The Gold market could have been undermined by news that the ECB left Euro-zone rates unchanged, as a cut in Euro zone rates could have given the US Dollar added strength.