FUNDAMENTALS
*Gold back up above $1,500 an ounce as the Euro debt crisis simmered.
* Copper dipped as investors sided with caution over uncertainty about the debt crisis in Greece and US monetary policy.
* Inventories of copper in LME warehouses fell 3,175 tonnes to 470,525 tonnes, but were still about 35 percent higher than in December last year.
ECONOMY
* US personal income and consumption. 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT)
MARKETS
* Brent crude slipped on a firmer dollar ahead of a vote in Greece to approve an unpopular austerity plan upon which rests the Balkan nation's ability to get lending to fight its debt crisis.
* The euro slipped and world stocks fell ahead of the Greek austerity vote this week.
Copyright Reuters, 2011