Stocks Waver as Economic Fears Linger

A late surge drove stocks upward despite another strong dose of recession fears.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung in an 816-point range Thursday from low to high and finished 401.35 points higher, up 4.7%, at 8979.26, recouping more than half of the previous session's painful losses.

Full-text article by Peter A. McKay is available via the Wall Street Journal, 10.16.08.