华尔街股市星期二大涨以及全球一些重要金融市场新注入大量现金后，世界很多股市星期三大幅度上扬。欧洲股市星期三表现强劲，大多数主要股市中午时分上涨了1%以上。
东京、香港、台北以及马尼拉、悉尼、和惠灵顿等主要股市的指数星期三纷纷上涨。星期二，美联储以及加拿大和欧洲一些国家的央行协调行动，向银行和房屋贷款机构提供了2000多亿美元的资金，并表示必要时还会追加资金。
World stock prices are surging following major gains on Wall Street Tuesday and new injections of cash in some major global financial markets. European markets are making strong gains in Wednesday’s trading, with most of the major markets up one percent or more by midday.
Major stock indexes in Japan, Hong Kong and Taipei all closed higher Wednesday, along with markets in Manila, Sydney, Taipei and Wellington. On Tuesday, the Fed — acting in coordination with the central banks in Canada and Europe offered 200 billion dollars to banks and mortgage providers and said it could increase the size of the program if needed.