U.S. stock indexes closed higher in trading Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.52 percent to close at 12,454. The broader S&P 500 index rose 1.35 percent to 1,330, while the NASDAQ climbed 2.1 percent to end the day at 2,803.
European stock indexes also closed higher Wednesday.
London’s Financial Times index ended up 2.1 percent to close at 6,022. The CAC-40 in Paris finished ahead 2.5 percent to end the day’s trading at 4,005. The DAX index in Frankfurt advanced 3 percent to close at 7,249.
In Asia Wednesday, Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained one-and-three-quarters percent to close at 9,607. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 1.6 percent to finish the day’s trading at 23,896.
Gold closed at $1,498.30 an ounce, up $3.80 from late Tuesday.
The dollar traded down against both the yen and euro.
