The U.S. Dow Jones stock index rose by 0.31% to 23 400,86 points, S&P 500 by 0.13% to 2 560,40 points and NASDAQ fell by 0.11% to 6 556,77 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.53% to 7 486,50 points,
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices fell by $1.00 to $1 268,60 an ounce and silver prices also dropped by $0.03 to $16.78.