The Dow rose 173 points or 1.6% while the S&P gained 1.5% to 1196 and the Nasdaq jumped 1.6%.
The SPI Overnight was up 30 points or 0.7%.
Gold rose $US16.10 an ounce to $US1353.00
Crude oil rose $US1.64 a barrel $US82.08
The FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed up 1.34 per cent at 5768.71 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 jumped 1.99 per cent to 3867.97 points and in Frankfurt the DAX gained 1.97 per cent to 6832.11 points.
