Advertisement
UK markets close in 5 hours 26 minutes
  • FTSE 100

    8,291.28
    +77.79 (+0.95%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    20,382.50
    +217.96 (+1.08%)
     
  • AIM

    777.15
    +5.62 (+0.73%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1642
    -0.0018 (-0.15%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2532
    -0.0031 (-0.25%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,189.97
    -819.64 (-1.58%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,331.79
    -33.34 (-2.44%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,180.74
    +52.95 (+1.03%)
     
  • DOW

    38,852.27
    +176.59 (+0.46%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    78.41
    -0.07 (-0.09%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,322.80
    -8.40 (-0.36%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    38,835.10
    +599.03 (+1.57%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    18,479.37
    -98.93 (-0.53%)
     
  • DAX

    18,289.84
    +114.63 (+0.63%)
     
  • CAC 40

    8,023.28
    +26.64 (+0.33%)
     

US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-S&P 500 has best day in 2 months; Amazon a boost

NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . stocks ended sharply higher on Tuesday, with a rally in Amazon.com (NasdaqGS: AMZN - news) helping propel the S&P 500 to its best day in two months.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 222.16 points, or 1.25 percent, to 17,928.07, the S&P 500 had gained 25.68 points, or 1.25 percent, to 2,084.37 and the Nasdaq Composite had added 59.67 points, or 1.26 percent, to 4,809.88. (Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)