The U.S. Dow Jones stock index ascended 0.90% to 20,636.92 points, S&P 500 increased by 0.86% to 2,349.01 points and NASDAQ rose by 0.89% to 5,856.79 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down by 0.29% to 7,327.59 points, Germany’s DAX slid by 0.38% to 12,109.00 and French CAC 40 dropped 0.59% to 5,071.10.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price declined $7.90 to $1,284.00 an ounce, and silver price slipped $0.13 to $18.38.