• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 143.95 points, or 0.68 percent, to 21,454.61, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 21.31 points, or 0.88 percent, to 2,440.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 87.79 points, or 1.43percent, to 6,234.41.
Wall Street stock rallied sharply on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index scoring its biggest one-day percentage gain in about two months, as financial and technology stocks led a broad market rebound.
The Nasdaq posted its best session since Nov. 7, the day before the U.S. presidential election.
• Asian bourses opened higher on Thursday, taking cues from a stronger finish in U.S. markets, with traders expected to digest comments from top central bankers overnight.
• Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.53 percent. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index opened at a record level, closing in on the 2,400 level. It was up 0.52 percent in early trade.
• Comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Tuesday about adjustment in the central bank's monetary stimulus had been misinterpreted, according to media reports. Draghi had wanted to signal tolerance for weaker inflation and not tightening in policy, sources told Reuters.
• The Bank of England was also in the spotlight, after BoE Governor Mark Carney's comments about debating an increase in interest rates "in the coming months." Carney had sounded more dovish in a speech earlier this month, where he said that talk of an imminent U.K. interest rates was premature.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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