GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks surge, dollar sags as investors digest Fed, Evergrande


On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 506.5 points, or 1.48%, to 34,764.82, the S&P 500 gained 53.34 points, or 1.21%, to 4,448.98 and the Nasdaq Composite added 155.40 points, or 1.04%, to 15,052.24. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.93%.

NEW YORK/LONDON: World stock markets rallied on Thursday and the U.S. dollar retreated from one-month highs as worries faded about contagion from China Evergrande and as investors digested the Federal Reserve's plans for reining in U.S. stimulus.

Wall Street's main indexes all ended up at least 1% following solid advances in European markets.

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