Baku. Parviz Nuriyev – APA-Economics. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose rose 0.36%, to 1,996.
The Dow Jones industrial average grew 0.32%, to 17,069.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index surged 0.75%, to 4,587.
Britain's FTSE index soared 0.02% to 6,830.
Elsewhere in Europe, stocks were lower with Germany's DAX index down 0.11% to 9,700 and France's CAC 40 index falling 0.04% to 4,451.