The encouraging new home sales data helped the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (XHB) to gain 0.6% on Wednesday. For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today's Ahead of Wall Street article The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 0.9%, or 154.19 points, to close at 17,210.06. In an interview, Draghi said: "Monetary policy will remain accommodating for a long time and I can tell you that the (ECB) Governing Council is unanimous in committing itself to using the tools at its disposal to bring inflation back to just under two percent."