The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 0.23% to 24,386.03 points, S&P 500 rose by 0.32% to 2,659.99 points and NASDAQ surged 0.51% to 6,875.08 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.80% to 7,453.48 points, Germany’s DAX descended by 0.23% to 13,123.65, French CAC 40 slid by 0.23% to 5,386.83.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices slipped by $0.50 to $1,246.40 an ounce and silver price fell $0.00 to $15.78.