The U.S. Dow Jones stock index descended 0.01% to 20,979.75 points, S&P 500 slid by 0.07% to 2,400.67 points and NASDAQ rose by 0.33% to 6,169.87 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.91% to 7,522.03 points, French CAC 40 slipped 0.21% to 5,406.10 and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.02% to 12,804.53.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price increased $6.80 to $1,243.20 an ounce, and silver price soared $0.12 to $16.87.