Stocks ended higher on Wednesday as Wall Street awaited the latest quarterly figures from Nvidia, which has just been reported after the bell. The high-flying chipmaker that's been bolstered by the artificial intelligence craze on Wall Street has reported $10.32 billion in data centre revenue, which was up 171% on an annual basis. Net income jumped to $6.19 billion, or $2.48 a share, from $656 million, or 26 cents a share, a year earlier.

Athletic apparel stocks bucked the broader market's positive trend, falling amid concern over inflation and slowing demand. Nike fell for a 10th straight day, its longest slide on record, losing 2.7%. Foot Locker shares fell 28.3% after reporting shrinking sales and lowering its forecast for the second time this year. The stock is on track for its biggest one-day drop, according to FactSet. Those moves come a day after Dick's Sporting Goods suffered its worst day ever.

Traders cheered a decline in yields. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which hit its highest level since 2007 on Monday, reaching 4.35%, dropped more than 11 basis points to 4.21% on Wednesday. Investors also looked ahead to the start of a two-day Federal Reserve symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, beginning Thursday. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to deliver remarks Friday.

European markets closed higher. London's FTSE added 0.68 per cent, Frankfurt gained 0.15 per cent, and Paris closed 0.08 per cent higher. Turning to Asian markets, Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.48 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.31 per cent while China's Shanghai Composite closed 1.34 per cent lower.

Gold added 1.15 per cent. Silver gained 3.99 per cent. Copper added 1.29 per cent. Oil fell 0.94 per cent.

Dow Jones 34,472.98 +184.15 +0.54%
US S&P 500 4,436.01 +48.46 +1.1%
US Nasdaq 13,721.03 +215.16 +1.59%
UK FTSE 100 7,320.53 +49.77 +0.68%

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