The US stock markets showed mixed performance on Monday. In New York, the Dow closed at 51,984 points, representing a 0.4 percent gain compared to the previous trading day. However, just minutes earlier, the broader S&P 500 was down 0.5 percent, reporting around 7,541 points, and the Nasdaq 100, a technology market index, was down 1.4 percent, valued at approximately 27,990 points at that time.
Overnight on Monday, the European common currency strengthened; one Euro traded at $1.1192, meaning one dollar cost 0.8935 Euros.
Gold prices benefited significantly, reaching $3,947 per fine ounce in the evening, a 1.8 percent increase. This equates to a price of 113.37 Euros per gram. In contrast, the oil price experienced a sharp decline: a barrel of North Sea Brent oil cost $103.80 around 8 p.m. German time on Monday, which is 8.5 percent lower than the close of the previous trading day (or 959 cents).
