Major European stock indexes opened higher, with Europe's Stoxx 50 and Germany's DAX up more than 1 percent, France's CAC 40 up 0.3 percent, Spain's IBEX 35 up 0.4 percent, and Italy's FTSE MIB up 0.6 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.1 percent.
January 22 news, U.S. stocks closed on Tuesday, the Dow initially closed up 1.2%, the S & P 500 index rose 0.88%, or 0.6%. NVIDIA (NVDA. O) closed up 2.2%, surpassing Apple (AAPL. O), which closed down 3.1%, to top the world, and Trump Media Technology Group (DJT. O) fell 11%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon index closed down 0.36%, New Oriental (EDU. N) fell 23% and XPeng Motors (XPEV. N) rose 6%.