USD down further, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech. The S&P 500 however rebounded from its worst week so far this year after he signaled supportive monetary policy will remain even though the job picture has begun to improve. The three major U.S. stock indexes climbed 1 percent.
Bernanke's comments came as investors try to gauge how much longer a nearly six-month rally in stocks will last and reinforced the view that further quantitative easing, or QE3, from the Fed may be possible.
European stocks advanced for a second day after Ben Bernanke's comments. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) climbed 1 percent to 268.21 at the close in London.
Gold went up as well to $1689.
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