The S&P 500 added 4.38 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,339.87, its first advance in three days. The gauge briefly fell after bond yields surged and oil erased a $4 drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 57.81, or 0.5 percent, to 12,141.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 10.34, or 0.4 percent, to 2,404.35.

(Bloomberg)