Buyers came back from the holidays ready to resume the buying we saw toward the end of last week. Volume finished fairly string with 5.2 Billion shares traded on the NYSE and 1.95 Billion shares traded on the Nasdaq. Commodity stocks ran higher with euphoria surrounding oil, gold, and metals/mining plays. We saw big gains from the likes of BHP Billiton ( BHP ) , Freeport McMoran ( FCX ), Transocean Ltd. ( RIG ), and Massey Energy ( MEE ) . We saw a barrage of positive W