April 2 (UPI) -- After two straight days of losses, stocks on Wall Street gained ground Thursday due to a sharp rise in oil prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 469.93 points, or 2.24 percent, while the S&P 500 rose 2.24 percent and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.72 percent as U.S. crude oil prices rose 24 percent in their best session ever.