Baku - APA-Economics. The Dow added 77.52 points, or 0.5 percent, to 17,138.20. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 8.29 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,981.57 and the Nasdaq composite rose 9.58 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,425.97.
German DAX surged 1.44% to 9,859, FTSE 100 soared 1.11% to 6,785 and French CAC-40 increased by 1.48% to 4,369.