The US stock markets begin the week with massive gains for Wall Street on Monday for two reasons.

Thanksgiving Sales – Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures surged 275 points, or 1.2%, to 24,542, while SPX index futures gained 33 points, or 1.3%, to 2,662.75 this morning on hopes of solid US holiday sales.

Slight Improvement in Crude Oil – Surge in stock markets is also driven by climbing oil prices. Oil rose to 1.6% to $51.23 a barrel after falling like 7.7% on Friday…