US stocks in green for first time in August

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 294 points, or 0.75%, to 38,997 points, after losing 5.25% over the last three sessions. 

The S&P 500 gained 53 points, or 1%, to 5,240 points and the Nasdaq Composite added 1%, or 166 points, to reach 16,366, after both gauges fell 6.10% and 7.95% since the end of July. 

As for the European indices, STOXX Europe 600 inched up 0.3%, to 488.4 points, backed by technology and energy stocks.  

CAC 40 dipped 0.25% to 7,130 points, FTSE 100 added 0.25% to 8,026 points, and DAX 40 increased 0.1% to 17,354 points. 

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 increased 10.25%, or 3.217 points to 34,675, marking its highest daily performance since Oct. 2008.  TOPIX increased by 9.30%, or 207 points, to 2,434 points. 

In the oil market, futures contracts for Brent crude for October delivery rose by 0.25%, or $0.18, to $76.48 per barrel. 

Meanwhile, prices of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil for September delivery inched up 0.35%, or $0.26, to $73.20 per barrel. 

As for gold, futures prices for the yellow metal for December delivery inched down by 0.55%, or $12.8, to $2,431 per ounce.