The U.S. Dow Jones stock index ascended 0.85% to 20,578.71 points, S&P 500 increased by 0.76% to 2,355.84 points and NASDAQ rose by 0.92% to 5,916.78 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.06% to 7,118.54 points, Germany’s DAX raised 0.09% to 12,027.32 and French CAC 40 surged 1.48% to 5,077.91.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price declined $2.40 to $1,281.40 an ounce, and silver price downed $0.05 to $17.97.