Baku - APA-Economics. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 1.64 per cent to 16,994.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 1.75 per cent to 1,969 and the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.90 per cent to 4,469, APA-Economic reports.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slumped 0.21 per cent to 6,482 points, Frankfurt's DAX index shed 1 per cent to 8,995 points and, in Paris, the CAC 40 tumbled 0.97 per cent to 4,168 points.
On COMEX spot gold price went up $1.67 to $1 226,20.