Wall Street surges as North Korea jitters ease

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks recovered further on Monday from last week's selloff, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since April as worries eased about a conflict between the United States and North Korea.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 135.12 points, or 0.62 percent, to 21,993.44, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 24.41 points, or 1.00 percent, to 2,465.73 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 83.68 points, or 1.34 percent, to 6,340.23.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)