The U.S. Dow Jones stock index declined 0.33% to 20,855.73 points, S&P 500 decreased 0.23% to 2,362.98 points and NASDAQ rose 0.06% to 5,837.55 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down 0.06% to 7,334.61 points, French CAC 40 ascended 0.11% to 4,960.48 and Germany’s DAX raised 0.01% to 11,967.31.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price declined $4.50 to $1,204.90 an ounce, and silver price slid $0.08 to $17.22.