Dow Stages Comeback After Shedding 600 Points

U.S. stocks staged a big comeback heading into Thursday’s closing bell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average swinging about 850 points to continue a rocky December in the stock market. The blue-chip index added 260 points, or 1.1%, to 23139 after earlier dropping as much as 611 points. The S&P 500 gained 0.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4%. -- More....