Energy Lifts Wall Street For Third Straight Day

Wall Street rallied for the third straight session on Wednesday, propelled by sharp gains in energy stocks as a rebound in oil prices boosted sentiment heading into Christmas.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 184.8 points, or 1.06 percent, to 17,602.07, the S&P 500 gained 25.31 points, or 1.24 percent, to 2,064.28 and the Nasdaq Composite added 44.82 points, or 0.9 percent, to 5,045.93.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)