The U.S. Dow Jones stock index increased by 0.24% to 22 359,23 points, S&P 500 went up by 0.30% to 2 500,60 points and NASDAQ decreased by 0.52% to 6 422,69 points.
In the European stock markets, FTSE 100 index went down by 0.11% to 7 263,90 points,
At the latest COMEX auctions, gold prices went up $6.20 to $1 301,00 an ounce and silver prices soared $0.07 to $17.09.