The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 0.44% to 23,940.68 points, S&P 500 fell by 0.04% to 2,626.07 points and NASDAQ dropped 1.27% to 6,824.39 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down by 0.90% to 7,393.56 points, Germany’s DAX ascended by 0.02% to 13,061.87, French CAC 40 surged by 0.14% to 5,398.05.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices went up by $1.00 to $1,299.20 an ounce and silver price soared $0.05 to $16.61.