The U.S. Dow Jones stock index rose by 1.25% to 26,115.65 points, S&P 500 by 0.94% to 2,802.56 points and NASDAQ by 1.03% to 7,298.28 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index decreased by 0.39% to 7,725.43 points, Germany’s DAX went down 0.47% to 13,183.96, French CAC 40 slid by 0.36% to 5,493.99, APA-Economics reported.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price descended $12.00 to $1,327.20 an ounce and silver price went down $0.13 to $17.04.