NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks rose on Wednesday, as the broad U.S. equities market rebounded from big losses in the previous session. Energy stocks in the S&P 500 SPX +0.21% rose 0.2%, on average. Alpha Natural ANR +0.62% rose 1.2%, Tesoro Corp. TSO +1.53% rose 1.7% and Valero Energy Corp. VLO +2.07% moved up by 1.5%.