Oil leaps above $47 a barrel as U.S. stocks rally
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"Strong stock markets help support crude," said Phil Flynn, vice president at Alaron Trading. "G20 and Bernanke's comments give people hope that the economy will recover and oil demand will rise again."
"The markets in general seem oversold and I think people are taking the opportunity to bottom fish anywhere they can, crude included," said Zachary Oxman, senior trader at Wisdom Financial.
"The outcome of this meeting pretty much fulfills the Saudi Arabian agenda ... the need to help reflate the world economy, and pressure on the OPEC freeloaders to pull their weight," said analysts at J.P. Morgan in a research note. Saudi Arabia is seen as the most influential member of the cartel.
"At the moment getting the world economy back on its feet is more important than lifting the oil price by a further $10 a barrel," they said.
Analysts at Commerzbank said that "the previous cuts made by OPEC are enough to reduce the oversupply on the oil market if they are fully implemented."
"So OPEC's decision at the weekend is sensible," they wrote in a research note. "Another cut in production quotas could have harmed OPEC's credibility if it had ultimately not been put into place.