U.S. stocks lifted by surge in oil
Oil prices jumped almost 5.0 percent on Thursday in a big bounce in commodities that ignited inflation fears and sent bond prices lower, but oil's rally gave energy shares such a jolt they turned U.S. stocks higher.
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