Risk-on mood pushes the Dow Jones 1% higher

Yesterday at a glance: after finishing Thursday at 32,765, Dow Jones went up to 33,162 before paring its losses and closing at 33,100.

The Dow hit a significant low of 28,726 around 7 months ago, but has since recovered 14.06%.

The Dow Jones shows positive signs, other assets are also on par: Nasdaq went up by 2.19% yesterday, and closed at 12,976. S&P 500 goes up 1.3% yesterday and closed at 4,151.28.

Meanwhile, after ending yesterday's session at 19,100, Hang Seng lost 353.08 points and is trading around 18,747.