The U.S. Dow Jones stock index rose by 0.02% to 21 998.99 points, S&P 500 fell by 0.05% to 2 464.61 points and NASDAQ fell by 0.11% to 6 333.01 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.41% to 7 383.85 points, Germany’s DAX rose by 0.10% to 12 177,04.11 and French CAC 40 also rose by 0.36% to 5 140.25.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price fell by $0.90 to $1 278.80 an ounce and silver price fell by $0.3 to $16.69.