Baku. Yegane Lachinzade – APA-Economics. The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 1.20% to close at 17,884.88, S&P 500 rose 1.03% to 2,062.52 points and NASDAQ rose 1.03% to 4,765.10 points.
In European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went up 0.09% to 6,865.93 points, French CAC-40 soared 0.15% to 4,703.30, Germany’s DAX descended 0.05% to 10,905.41.
In Asian stock markets, Nikkei 225 index increased 0.78% to close at 17,641.71 points, Hang Seng decreased 0.16% to 24,726.55, Shanghai descended 1.22% at 3,098.23.
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold price surged $4.00 and stood at $1,266 an ounce, and silver price rose $0.09 to $17.29.