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Reuters - UK Focus

April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended stronger on Wednesday as Visa Inc (Xetra: A0NC7B - news) 's potential expansion into China and talk of a turnaround at McDonald's Corp helped investors see the bright side of mixed quarterly earnings.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 88.01 points, or 0.49 percent, to 18,037.6, the S&P 500 gained 10.65 points, or 0.51 percent, to 2,107.94 and the Nasdaq Composite added 21.07 points, or 0.42 percent, to 5,035.17.

(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Nick Zieminski)