The U.S. Dow Jones stock index declined 0.16% to 19,941.96 points, S&P 500 slid 0.25% to 2,265.18 points and the NASDAQ slipped 0.23% to 5,471.43 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index decreased 0.04% to 7,041.42 points, French CAC 40 dropped 0.33% to 4,833.82 and Germany’s DAX ascended 0.03% to 11,468.64.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price fell $1.60 to $1,131.60 an ounce, and silver went down $0.05 to $15.94.