Wall St. climbs on energy, debt limit deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Wednesday, fuelled by energy shares and helped by news of an agreement to extend the debt limit, as stocks bounced back from a day-earlier selloff.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 55.29 points, or 0.25 percent, to 21,808.6, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 7.75 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,465.6 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 17.74 points, or 0.28 percent, to 6,393.31.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)