The US Dow Jones industrial average closed a near three year high - by 1.5% to 12,454 points - during Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 to 2% for 6,013.01 closed.
Companies as Goldman Sachs, Intel, and IBM reported strong results on Tuesday, and results from Apple and American Express are due on Wednesday.
Stock markets in Germany and France saw strong growth.
In the United Kingdom saw mining stocks strongly rose increases as the prices of metals. Gold hit record price of more than $1,500 an ounce.
UK chipmaker arm holdings won even after us rival Intel said earnings increased in the first quarter by 29% to $3. 16bn (￡ 1. 95bn).
The trend joined colleagues chipmaker in Europe to the top. Germany's Infineon rose by 4% and amounted to more than 5% higher in Paris STMicroelectronics.
Shares in UK Studios pinewood Shepperton, the home of Harry Potter and James Bond, rose almost 6%, after they received an approach from a possible second bidder.
Italian automaker Fiat rose by 4% after it was EUR 251 million trading profit slightly above analysts forecasts.
More than 4% is colleagues vehicle manufacturers Peugeot after announced an increase of 10% in the first quarter of the year compared with the previous year.
Also sales by almost 10% at l ' Oréal by the world's largest cosmetics company. Its shares rose 2.8 percent it reported especially strong growth in the United States and emerging markets.
Shares in beauty and fashion group LVMH benefited for the second day of better than expected earnings on Tuesday. Its shares closed up 2.3%.
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