The Standard & Poor's 500 index also surged to its first finish above the 800 mark, gaining 13.18 points to close at 802.77.

The main index in the Netherlands surged 10 percent.

The main index surged 43.76, to close at 835.31.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index surged 21.04 points, or 2.3 percent, to a record 933.98.

Last week the association said its index surged to 54.8 percent in August, up from 51.8 percent in July.

In that session, the index surged 4.52, to 527.19.

And yesterday, many investors joined them as an index of commodity prices surged, rekindling inflation fears.

The index surged 181.59 points, to 3,582.50, and cut the Nasdaq's losses on the year to nearly 12 percent.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index surged 4.2 percent in the quarter, nearly matching its total return for all of 2005.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index surged 4.17 percent, or 41.96 points, to 1,047.49.