U.S. stock indexes advanced in Wednesday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose seven-tenths of a percent to close at 12,560. The S&P 500 index gained nine-tenths of a percent to end at 1,341 while the NASDAQ gained 1.1 percent to finish at 2,815.
European stock prices closed higher. London’s Financial Times index ended up 1.1 percent to finish at 5,923. The CAC-40 in Paris advanced nine-tenths of a percent to close at 3,978. The DAX index in Frankfurt gained seven-tenths of a percent to end at 7,304.
In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained one percent to finish at 9,662. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up half a percent to finish the day’s trading at 23,011.
The price of gold rose nearly $7 to trade at $1,493.45 an ounce.
The dollar is up against the yen and down against the euro.
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