On Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), rose 183.04 points, or 0.38%, to 48,134.89, the S&P 500 (.SPX), rose 59.74 points, or 0.88%, to 6,834.50 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), rose 301.26 points, or 1.31%, to 23,307.62, APA reports, citing Reuters.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS), rose 7.14 points, or 0.71%, to 1,008.32 on the day but for the week it was showing a slight decline.
Earlier, the pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX), index finished up 0.37% for a record closing high. It added 1.6% for the week for its strongest gain since the week beginning November 24.