New York — Stocks rose on Wall Street on Thursday, capping a wave of declines in major world equity markets triggered by uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s agenda, with the US dollar also recovering slightly after five days of losses. Reports that Trump had tried to intervene in an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s US presidential election, and that his aides had numerous undisclosed contacts with Russian officials, kept market tensions high a day after the S&P 500 posted its largest drop since September. The Justice Department on Wednesday named former FBI chief Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election and possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Adding to market jitters across the Americas, Brazilian stocks triggered a 30-minute circuit breaker after the benchmark Bovespa index fell 10% following a report President Michel Temer gave his blessing to an attempt to pay to si...
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