The U.S. Dow Jones stock index fell by 0.30% to 19,826.77 points and S&P 500 fell by 0.30% to 2,267,89 points and NASDAQ slid 0.63% to 5,538.73 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 1.46% to 7,220.38 points, French CAC 40 descended 0.46% to 4,859.59 and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.13% to 11,540.00.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price increased $1.90 to $1,214.80 an ounce, and silver advanced $0.03 to $17.18.