Wall Street edges up on energy, financials

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street edged higher on Wednesday after a sharp rise in oil prices boosted energy shares, while encouraging data on the labour market helped financial stocks. U.S. oil prices jumped more than 3 percent to $40.84 a barrel, rising for the first time in six days, after a larger-than-expected gasoline draw offset a surprise build in U.S. crude stockpiles.