Markets in Asia were sharply higher.

The Nikkei rose 4% to 8,486.

The Hang Seng was up 4.4% to 13,620.

The Shanghai Composite rose 2.3% to 1,972.

At the open the FTSE was up 3.9% to 4,333.  The Dax rose 3.3% to 4,804. The CAC 40 was up 2.9% to 3,363.

Data from MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre