The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 0.55% to 26,214.60 points, S&P 500 by 0.81% to 2,832.97 points and NASDAQ by 0.98% to 7,408.03 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index decreased by 0.20% to 7,714.44 points, Germany’s DAX went up 0.22% to 13,463.69, French CAC 40 raised by 0.28% to 5,541.28, APA-Economics reported.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price ascended $3.90 to $1,335.50 an ounce and silver price went up $0.04 to $17.03.