[h=2]Dow surges more than ONE THOUSAND points for the biggest single gain in HISTORY on the first day of trading after the markets took the biggest Christmas Eve plunge ever[/h]
- Dow Jones closed up 1,086.25 points, or 4.98 per cent, on Wednesday
- It is the stock index's largest single-day points gain in U.S. history
- Oil prices notched biggest one-day gain in two years, sending energy stocks up
- Despite stock market volatility, economic fundamentals including employment, wages and consumer spending numbers remain strong