• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 389.17 points, or 1.65 percent, to 24,033.36, the S&P 500 gained 32.57 points, or 1.26 percent, to 2,614.45 and the Nasdaq Composite added 71.16 points, or 1.04 percent, to 6,941.28.
The three major U.S. stock indexes ended higher after a choppy session on Tuesday as investors looked forward to earnings season while the S&P 500 pushed above a key support level and Amazon.com shares jumped on bets that criticism from President Donald Trump would not translate to policy changes.
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• Asian markets were mixed in early Wednesday trade as Japanese stocks tracked gains seen on Wall Street overnight on a bounce in large cap technology names. Recent concerns over trade tensions also looked likely to persist.
• Japan's Nikkei 225 edged up by 0.42 percent and Topix crept higher by 0.16 percent. Automakers and most technology names rose in early trade while bank stocks came under pressure.
• Elsewhere, South Korea's benchmark Kospi index slipped 0.09 percent, weighed down by declines in the technology sector. Steelmakers were mostly lower, with Posco sliding 1.08 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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