NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. markets headed up Tuesday morning after the Labor Day holiday break, as gold and silver prices climbed on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gold climbed to $1,002.40 per troy ounce, the highest since it set a record in March 2008 at $1,038.60.
Silver climbed to $16.67 per troy ounce.
In midmorning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 21.16 points, 0.22 percent, to 9,462.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.65 percent, 6.57 points, to 1,022.97. The Nasdaq index added 9.17 points, 0.45 percent, to 2,027.95.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury fell 1/32 to yield 3.449 percent.
The euro rose to $1.4468 Tuesday, compared to Friday's $1.4342. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 92.28 yen from Friday's 92.97 yen.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index added 72.29 points, 0.7 percent, to 10,393.23.
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