US stock markets declined on Monday. At the end of trading in New York, the Dow was calculated at 41,218.83 points, a decrease of 0.24 percent compared to the previous trading day.
Just minutes earlier, the broader S&P 500 was down by 0.6 percent at around 5,650 points and the Nasdaq 100 on the technology stock exchange was down by 0.7 percent at around 19,970 points.
According to market observers, new concerns about tariffs are once again troubling investors. Consequently, there is increasing interest in the proximity to gold.
The European community currency was slightly stronger on Monday evening: One euro cost 1.1318 US dollars and one dollar was correspondingly worth 0.8835 euros.
The gold price recorded strong gains, with the price for an ounce of fine gold reaching 3,334 US dollars (up 2.9 percent). This corresponds to a price of 94.70 euros per gram.
Meanwhile, the oil price declined significantly: A barrel of North Sea Brent crude oil cost around 22:00 German time on Monday evening 60.13 US dollars, which was 116 cents or 1.9 percent less than the close of the previous trading day.