The Dow Jones industrial average rose 235.31 points, or 1.33 percent, to 17,929.99, the S&P 500 gained 28.09 points, or 1.36 percent, to 2,098.86 and the Nasdaq Composite added 63.43 points, or 1.33 percent, to 4,842.67 (Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2016. REUTERS/)
Meanwhile Southeast Asian stock markets rose in line with Asian peers on Thursday, reversing the previous session's losses on cues from Wall Street which ended mixed overnight with an upside bias.
"Since there is not much actionable news coming from Asia, I think the markets are just taking cues from U.S. equities which rebounded last night after a four-day losing streak," said Victor Felix, an equity analyst with AB Capital Securities.
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