Major U.S. stock-indexes rose on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq hitting a fresh all-time high on strong U.S. private sector-jobs data, which also lifted the dollar as it backed forecasts for at least two more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year. U.S. companies added 263 000 workers in March, the most since December 2014, pointing to further tightening of the labor market, payrolls processor ADP said. The report easily beat the median forecast, among economists surveyed by Reuters, of a 187 000 increase.

Most of Dow stocks in positive area (29 of 30). Top loser - Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO, -0.13%). Top gainer - E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DD, +2.01%).

All S&P sectors in positive area. Top gainer - Services (+0.8%).

At the moment:

Dow 20795.00 +161.00 +0.78%

S&P 500 2373.25 +16.75 +0.71%

Nasdaq 100 5478.25 +34.25 +0.63%

Oil 51.14 +0.11 +0.22%

Gold 1248.00 -10.40 -0.83%

U.S. 10yr 2.37 +0.02