Options players are piling in to riskier bets across the U.S. stock market, supporting a rally that has come on the back of fading election worries and expectations of a Republican lock on power in Washington next year.

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks slipped as the market’s rally following Trump’s election victory continued to cool

Shares rose in European trading after a retreat in Asia on Thursday following a report showing inflation in the U.S. was roughly as expected last month. Germany's DAX surged 1.2% to 19,223.90 and the CAC 40 in Paris advanced 0.

The stock market broadly has been rising faster than corporate profits, which raises the volume on criticism from skeptics that it’s gotten too expensive. The S&P 500 is still up nearly 25% for the year so far,