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Urgent: U.S. stocks surge after Fed rate hike

Xinhua, December 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks rallied for the third straight day Wednesday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade.

The Dow jumped 1.28 percent, and the S&P 500 leapt 1.45 percent, while the Nasdaq soared 1.52 percent. Endit