The U.S. Dow Jones stock index decreased by 0.07% to 25,369.13 points, S&P 500 by 0.11% to 2,748.23 points and NASDAQ by 0.14% to 7,153.57 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index rose by 0.23% to 7,748.51 points, Germany’s DAX went down 0.78% to 13,281.34, French CAC 40 by 0.35% to 5,504.68, APA-Economics reported.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices descended $1.20 to $1,318.10 an ounce and silver prices went down $0.01 to $17.02.