March 25 (UPI) -- Two of the three major U.S. stock indexes closed with gains for two consecutive days for the first time in weeks on Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 495.64 points, or 2.39 percent, and the S&P 500 rose 1.15 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite failed to maintain gains from earlier in the day, closing down 0.45 percent.