Baku. Yegane Lachinzade – APA-Economics. The U.S. Dow Jones stock index decreased 1.85% to 17,662.94, S&P 500 slipped 1.70% to 2,044.16 points, while the NASDAQ shed 1.67% to 4,859.80 points.
In European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down 2.52% to 6,702.84 points, French CAC-40 declined 1.12% to 4,881.95, while Germany’s DAX descended 0.71% to 11,500.38.
In Asian stock markets, Nikkei 225 index raised 0.79% to 18,813.35 points, Hang Seng fell 0.21% to 23,847.39, Shanghai soared 0.30% to 3,295.90.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price surged $1.10to $1,161.20 an ounce, and silver price surged $0.03 to $15.66.