CNBC | Turnaround: Stocks end up after midday reversal USA TODAY Stocks pulled out of an early slide and closed higher Wednesday as the market math equation that has dominated Wall Street for most of 2016 came back in play: The direction of oil prices determines the direction of stocks. The Dow Jones industrial ... Stocks close higher in massive intraday reversal as oil steadies Stocks Recover, as Oil Prices Turn Higher Market Rises as Fuel Prices Pick Up |