NEW YORK: Wall Street was sharply higher on Wednesday while European shares and commodities prices fell as investors balanced strong U.S. economic data and interest rate comments with fears about China's slowing economy.
The benchmark S&P 500 was up 2.6 percent in afternoon trading, helped by stronger-than-expected data on durable goods orders and comments that appeared to make a September interest rate hike less likely.
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