Wall Street calmer as stocks climb higher following Monday losses

Patrick King (left) works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Richard Drew/AP/PA)

A rising tide swept stocks higher and calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier on Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987.

The S&P 500 climbed 1% to break a brutal three-day losing streak.