The Dow .DJI rose 91.56 points, or 0.46 percent, to 19,974.62, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.23 points, or 0.363752 percent, to 2,270.76 and the Nasdaq .IXIC added 26.50 points, or 0.49 percent, to 5,483.94.
U.S. equities touched record highs on Tuesday and the dollar rose to its highest level in 14 years as markets shrugged off risk aversion and continued the rally that has elevated Wall Street since Election Day.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI and Nasdaq Composite .IXIC both closed at record highs, with the blue-chip index just below the 20,000 level. European stocks steadied as reassurance over Italy's plan to spend up to 20 billion euros ($21 billion) to rescue its troubled banks overtook uncertainty over Monday's attacks in Turkey and Germany.
The pan-European STOXX 600 closed up 0.48 percent, with the German DAX .GDAXI, French CAC 40 .FCHI and British FTSE 100 .FTSE all adding gains.
"Investors have become so fast in digesting bad news, and this explains the resilience in financial markets," said Hussein Sayed, chief market strategist at FXTM.
A falling yen lifted Japanese shares to a one-year top. Japan's Nikkei .N225 added 0.4 percent in early trade, while Australia's main index climbed to its highest in almost 17 months after Wall Street racked up more records.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS inched up 0.3 percent in early trade, but that followed several days of losses.
Reference: Reuters
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