The U.S. Dow Jones stock index rose by 0.89% to 25,803.19 points, S&P 500 by 0.68% to 2,786.24 points and NASDAQ by 0.68% to 7,261.06 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index decreased by 0.12% to 7,769.14 points, Germany’s DAX went down 0.34% to 13,200.51, French CAC 40 slid by 0.13% to 5,509.06, APA-Economics reported.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price ascended $6.70 to $1,341.60 an ounce and silver price went up $0.23 to $17.38.