Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) were both up over 2 percent today as the news the European Union will offer close to $1 trillion in loans to battle the sovereign debt crisis.
Other sectors like the steel industry, with AK Steel (NYSE:AKS) and US Steel (NYSE:X) were also up big, while other raw material companies such as Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) had big gains as well.
Copper and crude oil prices rose, while gold fell some as investors somewhat left it - temporarily - as a safe haven.
Goldcorp (NYSE:GG)Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) were all up for the day, as of 1:00 P.M. EST.
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