The U.S. Dow Jones stock index weakened by 0.18% to 20,054.34 points, S&P 500 increased by 0.07% to 2,294.67 points and NASDAQ soared by 0.15% to 5,682.45 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.04% to 7,188.82 points, French CAC 40 slid 0.49% to 4,754.47 and Germany’s DAX ascended by 0.05% to 11,543.38
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price grew $3.60 to $1,243.10 an ounce, and silver climbed $0.09 to $17.79.