On Wednesday, European stocks rose, halting a two-day fall, on BOJ's announcement that it will expand its asset-purchasing program. The Stoxx 600 climbed 0.3% to 274.71 at 1:52 p.m. London time, which was a 17% gain during the rally started on June 4. Porsche SE jumped 7.7%, which was the biggest gain in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index.