the day. the dow opens at 12,471 after adding 21 points yesterday. the s&p 500 was up three. the nasdaq gained 13. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 114 points while in hong kong, the hang seng rose 109. falling oil and strong european baund auctions drove a late come back on wall street thursday causing stocks to close higher. materials and industrials drove the recovery with caterpillar and alcoa leading the dow. oil fell below 1$100 a barrel this year. and also pushing stocks, strong bond auctions in italy and spain which eased european debt worries. energy shares took a hit after chevron warned on fourth quarter profit. corn futures plunged. wheat futures also tumbled. stocks tripped up early on data. december s retail sales rose at