Oil stocks gain after OPEC production plans signal bullish outlook for global demand

Oil stocks gain after OPEC production plans signal bullish outlook for global demand

Shares of companies tied to the oil industry rose on Tuesday after OPEC+ agreed to gradually ease production cuts and Saudia Arabia's energy minister signaled a bullish tone about the global recovery. At a meeting on Tuesday, the group confirmed its plan to continue to raise production only gradually over the coming two months, implying no change in their current policy. "The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement," Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said at the meeting, according to . The news that supply will only rise slowly pushed the over 3% Tuesday. rose as much as 3.9%. Exploration and production companies climbed, with and both climbing over 12%. gained 5%. The energy sector has outperformed the and is the best performing sector in the last month and in all of 2021. XLE is up about 42.4% year-to-date, compared to the S&P 500's gain of nearly 12%. Bullish news from OPEC+ also . Brent crude was trading around $70.17 per barrel at 12:51 p.m. E.T. Tuesday was the first time prices have risen above the $70 mark since March. OPEC and its non-OPEC partners agreed to stick to the plan first made in April, where 2.1