The U.S. Dow Jones stock index decreased by 0.19% to 24,140.91 points, S&P 500 dropped by 0.01% to 2,629.27 points and NASDAQ increased 0.21% to 6,776.38 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up by 0.28% to 7,348.03 points, Germany’s DAX descended by 0.38% to 12,998.85, French CAC 40 slid by 0.02% to 5,374.35.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices slipped by $0.70 to $1,265.40 an ounce and silver price ascended $0.02 to $15.97.