Baku. Parviz Nuriyev - APA-Economics. The Dow stood at 17,068, up 0.54 per cent, while the S&P 500 gained 0.55 per cent to 1,985.
The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 0.63 per cent at 4,486.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 1.19 per cent to close at 10,029.43 points, just beating its previous record close last month.
London's FTSE 100 index of top companies ended up 0.72 per cent at 6,865.21 while the CAC 40 in Paris rose more than 1.0 per cent to 4,489.88 points compared to Wednesday's closing levels.