Mining shares were also better on hopes of stability in the Chinese economy and a boost from the Japanese stimulus move.
Mariupol, which for a while had looked like having the ominous distinction of being the place where the vicious strife in eastern Ukraine would slide into civil war, has begun to offer flickering hopes of stability and even possible peace in the future.
For Mr Obama, a deal with Iran offers the best longterm hope of regional stability.
The cowbells return in the slow movement as part of its relatively tranquil respite; and in the finale, too, where they represent an elusive hope of emotional stability the music will try and fail to achieve.
With President Musharraf facing mounting popular opposition, the United States has used its influence to persuade him that the best and perhaps only hope of restoring stability is to allow a revival of a form of democracy — elections for a new government that would co-exist with him as president.
Your masterly suit, pearl of your dreams, died a heroic death in a second-hand shop, and the same happened to all the unnecessary items in my luggage, which has now shrunk considerably for the benefit (I fondly hope) of economic stability..
First, it had developed something like a modern economy, with adequately functioning market institutions, a hope of monetary stability (after 1891), and some semblance of democratic politics and rule of law as a foundation.
The declaration will be seen by many Yemenis as the final stage of a Houthi coup, although some may feel that it could offer some hope of greater stability.
The talks would also need to make concessions, such as self-governance or autonomy, to groups such as the Sunnis and Kurds if there was to be any hope of lasting stability, he said.
