Energy stocks rocket higher as the sharemarket rises and falls

By Stephen Cauchi
Updated December 18 2014 - 11:08pm, first published 4:53pm

The local sharemarket rose strongly on the back of an overnight surge in US stocks, withstanding an afternoon fade-out that erased some of the day's gains.

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