Better-than-expected U.S. corporate earnings also lifted equities, analysts said, though overall sentiment remained fragile as the pandemic cut a destructive path through the world economy.
The gains followed a strong overnight lead from Wall Street with the Dow up 2%, S&P 500 adding 2.3% and Nasdaq rising 2.8%. Stock markets may have bottomed out after the impressive bounce since a rout last month, analysts said. However, Shah believes market positioning may now work to propel markets higher, helped by solid policy stimulus around the world.
Still, it may take European Union countries until the summer if not longer to agree on how to finance aid to help economies recover from the pandemic as major disagreements persist, a bloc official said on Wednesday.
Good to see the One Percent think they will be OK... I was worried about them.