Wall Street closed a quiet session with a moderate advance today, with energy and other commodities companies leading the market as oil prices extended their record-breaking run.

US stocks enjoyed a late rally today to finish higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies.

With the much-ballyhooed initial public offering of Google Inc. behind them and oil chugging to a new record high, investors took a step back today, sending stocks lower.