U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Wednesday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up one percent and the broader S&P 500 is up by seven-tenths of a percent. The NASDAQ is ahead eight-tenths of one percent.

European stock prices are mixed in afternoon trading.

London's Financial Times index is down eight-tenths of one percent, with the CAC-40 in Paris off three-tenths of a percent. The DAX index in Frankfurt is up fractionally from Tuesday's close.

In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index ended up slightly to finish at 8,616.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost seven-tenths of a percent to finish the day's trading at 18,011.

Gold is trading at $1,650.50 an ounce.

The dollar is trading lower against both the yen and euro.