US stocks climbed, sending the S&P 500 Index to a four-month high:

The S&P 500 added 14.91, or 1.1 percent, to 1,423.57. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 94.28, or 0.7 percent, to 12,992.66. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 37.03, or 1.5 percent, to 2,533.73, as Yahoo! Inc. climbed 2.3 percent.

(Bloomberg)