Stocks Close Up After Furious Late Rally

Volatility remained the norm today in the stock market as stocks started off the day with same malaise that affected it for the past week.  By mid morning they started to stablize before rising nearly 100 points, swooning back to nearly even and then closing up over 125 points in a spirited last half hour rally.  Essentially the lack of doubt as to whether the new financial regulation bill would pass and the fact that the Germans voted to contribute to the Eurozone TARP-like bailout caused the advance.