Orders for durable goods in July rose 2.2 percent, above the expected 0.1 percent rise, but down from the 3.4 percent gain last month.
"U.S. markets have had real good economic data. Strong durable-goods orders came in a big surprise," said Doug Cote, chief market strategist at Voya Investment Management. He also noted a strong revision to the June figures and Tuesday's good consumer confidence numbers and home price increases.
Stocks pared gains after a sharp rally in the open of more than 2.5 percent.
"It looks just like yesterday at this time where things are weaker (in) general overseas, but people look optimistic at the open," said Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab.
"Overseas, the Chinese markets are still down. I don't think that's a huge deal but people seem to think it does," he said.
The Shanghai composite closed down 1.3 percent after fluctuating throughout the day. The Hang Seng also closed lower, while Japan's Nikkei jumped 3.2 percent.
European stocks closed lower but off sharp initial lows.
"Today is the first day in which global equity markets are mixed, not collectively up big or down big," Katie Stockton, chief technical strategist at BTIG, said in a morning note.
"This could be an early indication of the correction releasing its hold, but we have yet to see a reaction to widespread oversold conditions," she said. "The extremes in our market internal measures support a relief rally in the days ahead, and we think the magnitude of that rally may hold information about whether the breakdowns that have occurred are real or shakeouts."
Before Wednesday's trading, the Dow futures implied 450-plus point open.
The New York Stock Exchange invoked
Rule 48 for a third straight session.
Before this week, Rule 48 was most recently invoked in January 2015. In all, Rule 48 has been used 67 times since it was approved in 2007, according to an NYSE spokeswoman. The goal of the rule is to ease market volatility.
Overnight, China's central bank said it had injected 140 billion yuan ($21.8 billion) into the interbank money market via short-term liquidity operations (SLOs).
The People's Bank of China fired a double-barreled easing shot on Tuesday—lowering interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 25 basis points and 50 basis points respectively—but this was not enough to reassure markets of slowing growth fears.
"Investors are still pretty cautious about this rally," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.
He viewed the Dow futures' leap as "acting suspiciously." "This is an opportunity to lighten up on positions you didn't get to yesterday," he said.
The U.S. dollar held mildly higher against major world currencies, with the euro below $1.14 and the yen slightly weaker near 119.7 yen against the greenback.
Treasury yields spiked after the durable goods report and held just below highs, with the
10-year yield near 2.19 percent and the
2-year yield at 0.67 percent.
"The Treasury market is sailing through some rough seas here. The risk-off rally we experienced on Monday drove us well through fair value and today we are dealing with the unwind," said Brandon Swensen, co-head of the fixed income desk at RBC Global Asset Management.
The
Treasury Department auctioned $35 billion of 5-year notes at a high yield of 1.463 percent, the lowest since April. Demand was slightly weaker.
Crude oil futures settled down 71 cents, or 1.81 percent, at $38.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures ended down $13.70 at $1,124.60 an ounce.
In individual stock moves, shares of
Syngenta dove 18 percent after
Monsanto said its $47 billion bid to buy the Swiss rival fell through. Shares of the U.S.-listed seed company jumped 8 percent.
Schlumberger fell about 5 percent after the firm announced a $14.8 billion acquisition of oil equipment manufacturer
Cameron International. The company's shares leaped more than 40 percent.
The
S&P 500 closed up 72.90 points, or 3.90 percent, at 1,940.51, with information technology surging more than 5 percent to lead all 10 sectors higher.
The
Nasdaq closed up 191.05 points, or 4.24 percent, at 4,697.54. The index is close to recovering week-to-date gains.
Schwab's Frederick said he was watching to see if, in a positive sign for markets, the VIX could fall below 30 and trade closer to 20. The volatility index spiked above 50 on Monday for the first time since February 2009.
About four stocks advanced for every decliner on the New York Stock Exchange, with an exchange volume of 1.3 billion and a composite volume of nearly 5.3 billion in the close.
—CNBC's Gina Francolla, Robert Hum and Christopher Hayes contributed to this report
Correction: This story originally said the Markit services PMI was due Wednesday when it was released on Tuesday. This story has also been updated to reflect that Rule 48 was last invoked in January 2015, not during the financial crisis, according to NYSE.
On tap this week:
Thursday
Jackson Hole Fed symposium begins
8:30 a.m.: Initial claims
8:30 a.m.: Real GDP Q2 (second)
10 a.m.: Pending home sales
1 p.m.: $29 billion 7-year note auction
Friday
8:30 a.m.: Personal income
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