The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 0.35% to 23,516.26 points, S&P 500 rose by 0.02% to 2,579.85 points and NASDAQ slipped 0.02% to 6,714.94 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.90% to 7,555.32 points, Germany’s DAX descended by 0.18% to 13,440.93, French CAC 40 slid by 0.07% to 5,510.50.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices declined by $0.10 to $1,278.00 an ounce and silver price remained unchanged at $17.14.