Baku – APA-Economics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5 per cent, or 87 points, to 16,448.
The S&P 500 index gained 6 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,869.The technology focused Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled as much as 1.5 per cent during the session, before ending flat at 4,074.
The FTSE 100 index gained 0.2 per cent, or 14 points, to 6,700.
On the continent, Germany's DAX gained 0.5 per cent to 9,446 and France's CAC was up 0.4 per cent at 4,460.