Markets around the world are up. Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.8% France's CAC 40 is up 0.9%. Germany's DAX is up 0.8%. Spain's IBEX is up 0.6%. Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.3%. Asian markets closed higher with Japan's Nikkei up 2.1%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng up 0.8%, and Australia's S&P/ASX up 0.6%.