Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
But energy stocks slipped on worries about a possible US enquiry into overbooking of reserves by Shell.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed up 0.89 percent at 979.39 points, just off the 16-month high of 982.05 set last week. Amid good volumes, winners outnumbered losers around four to one.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 stock index ended 15.6 points, or 0.47 percent, up at 3,310.9.
The All-share index closed at 10943.4 points, up 70.18 or 0.65 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2673.24 points, down 72.02 or 2.62 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7178.34 points, up 26.25 or 0.37 percent.