Global stocks advance after stimulus talks lift Wall Street Updated : December 16, 2020 02:46 PM IST Britain's FTSE surged 1.3 percent to 6,595.07, while Germany's DAX added 1.2 percent to 13,527.20. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent and the future for the Dow industrials was up 0.2 percent. In Asian trading, Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3 percent to 26,757.40.