Wednesday's market wrap

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And now to the closing figures for the markets,...
Wall Street closed sharply up on Wednesday,... after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly obtained concessions from the European Union to calm trade war fears.
The Dow Jones climbed 172-points to close the day at 25,414 after falling more than 100 points earlier in the session.
The S&P 500, also gained over zero-point-9 percent to close at 2,846 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped over one-percent to an all-time high of 7,932-point-2,... pulled up by market heavyweights Facebook, Amazon, and Google's parent company Alphabet.
Here in Korea,... shares finished down over worries on trade talks between the U.S. President and the European Commission President.
The main bourse KOSPI was down over 7-points or zero-point-3 percent at 2,273,... and the junior index KOSDAQ also saw a drop on Wednesday,... closing the day at 748,... down over one-and-a-half percent.