Valeant Pharmaceuticals gained 17% in midday trading after announcing a deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ). Stocks rose on Tuesday as higher crude oil prices and bullish inflation data carried the Dow Jones Industrial up by almost 200 points and pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index above its 5,000-point threshold. Equity markets across Europe all finished significantly higher Tuesday, with France and Germany outperforming following gains in oil, commodity and banking stocks.