MarketWatch | Energy Shares Rise, as Oil Prices Top $50 Wall Street Journal U.S. stocks inched higher Thursday, buoyed by the energy sector, as crude-oil prices topped $50 a barrel. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2% to 17883 and the S&P 500 edged up 0.1% to 2091 in opening trade. Energy shares in the S&P 500 ... Why oil jumping above $50 is actually disastrous for crude All major indexes turn lower; Apple, financials weigh |