PRECIOUS-Gold firms as IMF talk, Fitch stance lift euro
January 18, 2012 at 08:26 AM EST
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Gold firmed on Wednesday as the euro was lifted by a report that the IMF plans to boost its lending resources and after rating agency Fitch appeared to soften its stance on Italy, but stock markets weakness linked to talks on Greek debt capped its gains.