The DOW Jones and S&P 500 continued to rise in yesterday's trading session to all-time highs. The DOW Jones was up 39.81 points closing with a plus of 0.23% at 17,613.71, the S&P500 gained +0.31% closing at 2,038.26 points. Biotechnology and the transportation sector were the biggest winners.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.25% closing at 23,803.52, China's Shanghai Composite lost -0.12% closing at 2,470.59.

Japan's Nikkei closed strong with a gain of 2.05% at 17,124.11 hitting a seven-year high and the Japanese yen fell as there are speculations about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe postponing a rise in sales tax and snap elections being held.