The U.S. Dow Jones stock index rose 0.16% to 20,100.91 points, S&P 500 declined 0.07% to 2,296,68 points and NASDAQ dropped 0.02% to 5,655.18 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down by 0.04% to 7,161.49 points, French CAC 40 slipped 0.21 to 4,867.24 and Germany’s DAX descended 0.36% to 11,848.63.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price declined $6.30 to $1,183.50 an ounce, and silver went down $0.12 to $16.73.