Baku – APA-Economics. The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased 1.40% to 18,589.69 points, S&P 500 by 1.11% to 2,163.26 points and the NASDAQ by 1.11% to 5,251.07 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index rose 1.00% to 6,911.84 points, French CAC 40 surged 1.49% to 4,543.48 and Germany’s DAX ascended 1.56% to 10,646.01.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price soared $9.40 to $1,282.90 an ounce, and silver price grew $0.18 to $18.56.