Market snapshot
- ASX futures: +0.5 per cent to 8020.
- Australian dollar: +0.3% at 62.88 US cents
- S&P 500: +1.8% to 5,767 points
- Dow Jones: +1.4% to 42,583 points.
- Nasdaq: +2.2% to 18,188 points
- FTSE: -0.1% at 8,638 points
- EuroStoxx: –0.1% to 548 points
- Spot gold: