The stock market is closing solidly higher, led by gains in energy companies as the price of oil turned higher after a recent slump.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 237 points, or 1.4 percent, to 17,482 Monday.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index increased 30 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,053. The Nasdaq composite climbed 56 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,984.
Energy companies rose much more than the rest of the market as the price of oil increased 3 percent to $41 a barrel. Chevron jumped 4 percent.
Defense contractors rose and travel and airlines companies fell as traders responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris. Raytheon and Northrup Grumman each rose 4 percent while Delta Air Lines declined 2 percent.
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