Key Events

Some key events coming up:

Policy decisions are due Wednesday from central banks in Brazil and Canada. The Bank of Japan and the ECB deliver decisions Thursday.

Here are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 Index increased 1.4% as of 4 p.m. New York time, the highest on record with the largest climb in almost two weeks.

The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2% to the highest on record.

The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 2.3% to an all-time high.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index increased 0.7% to 410.78.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index declined 0.2%.

The euro fell 0.2% to $1.2101.

The British pound rose 0.1% to $1.3644.

The Japanese yen appreciated 0.3% to 103.57 per dollar, the strongest in two weeks on the largest gain in more than a week.

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries lost one basis point to 1.085%.

The two-year rate fell to 0.13%.

Germany’s 10-year yield dipped less than one basis point to -0.53%.

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude gained 0.6% to $53.29 a barrel.

Gold strengthened 1.4% to $1,865.95 an ounce, the highest in almost two weeks on the biggest jump in more than two weeks.