The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a gain of 317.24 points, or 0.7%, at 44,873.28, led by gains for Amgen, Goldman Sachs, Sherwin-Williams and Nvidia. The S&P 500 ended 23.60 points higher, up 0.4%, at 6,061.48, while the Nasdaq Composite finished at 19,692.33, with a gain of 38.31 points, or 0.2%.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led losses among the major Wall Street indexes at the open on Wednesday, following downbeat forecasts from Alphabet and AMD in a busy day for corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.