<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081016/2008_10_16t101329_450x351_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x= 130&y=101&q=85&sig=6qsV8yI70f_zYO18yJvh6w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 16, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Stocks rose sharply in volatile trade on Thursday, as investors snapped up beaten-down shares a day after Wall Street's worst day since the 1987 stock market crash, and consumer companies gained as the price of oil slid.</p><br clear="all"/>

View the entire article: Market up 3 percent on bargain hunting and lower oil
(Reuters)