Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
Utilities led sectoral losers, with Scottish power off 1.6 percent on talk that the $9.4 billion sale of its PacifiCorp unit might be delayed by US state regulators.
Other sector names such as Suez fell foul of new interest rate worries due to fears that new Federal Reserve Chairman-designate Ben Bernanke might be softer on fighting inflation than Alan Greenspan, which pushed US long-bond yields to fresh six-month highs.
The All-share index closed at 16,442.68 points, up 342.42 or 2.13 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,148.32 points, up 17.82 or 0.84 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 11,927.67 points, up 218.08 or 1.86 percent.