Stocks finished higher Wednesday, logging back-to-back gains as investors continued to buy the dip following a sharp Monday selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.83%
rose around 286 points, or 0.8%, to finish near 34,798, according to preliminary figures, with the blue-chip gauge joining other major indexes, which had turned positive for the week on Tuesday. The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.82%
rose around 36 points, or 0.8%, to end near 4,359, while the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.92%
advanced around 133 points, or 0.9%, to finish near 14,632.