The U.S. Dow Jones stock index ascended 1.12% to 20,996.12 points, S&P 500 increased by 0.61% to 2,388.61 points and NASDAQ rose by 0.70% to 6,025.49 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.15% to 7,275.64 points, Germany’s DAX raised 0.10% to 12,467.04 and French CAC 40 surged 0.17% to 5,277.88.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price declined $2.00 to $1,265.20 an ounce, and silver price downed $0.01 to $17.65.