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GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil jumps on crude draw; Wall Street rises

Published 2016-10-05, 02:24 p/m
© Reuters.  GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil jumps on crude draw; Wall Street rises
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* Oil surges 2 pct to June highs

* U.S. stocks gain after two days of losses

* U.S. services sector surges to 11-month high

* European markets rattled by ECB "taper" talk (Updates with U.S. afternoon trading)

By Lewis Krauskopf

NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Wednesday after a report showed a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles, fuelling energy shares and helping lift Wall Street along with encouraging economic data.

In Europe, bond yields jumped while the pan-European STOXX index .STOXX fell 0.6 percent, with markets rattled by the prospect of the region's central bank eventually winding down its bond-buying stimulus. gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS climbed 0.3 percent after two sessions of declines.

U.S. services sector activity rebounded to an 11-month high in September, an encouraging sign for economic growth. there had been any concern about some sort of imminent recession anytime soon a lot of this data seems to debunk that thesis," said Jeff Weniger, senior strategist at BMO Wealth Management in Chicago.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 126.55 points, or 0.7 percent, to 18,295, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 11.89 points, or 0.55 percent, to 2,162.38 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 37.40 points, or 0.71 percent, to 5,327.06.

The energy sector .SPSY gained 1.7 percent. stocks have been pressured this week by concerns over Britain's exit from the European Union and expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase in the coming months.

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said he would be "fine" with raising U.S. interest rates by year-end if U.S. economic data continued to come in firm. see a 64-percent chance the Fed will hike at its December meeting, according to the CME FedWatch website. Financial shares .SPSY , which tend to benefit in a rising rate environment, climbed 1.6 percent.

"People are certainly waiting for that inevitable interest rate rise by the Fed, but I think they're just not sure if that's a sign that things are better and earnings are likely to improve, or a reason for people to sell stocks because rates are rising," said Rick Meckler, president of LibertyView Capital Management in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Oil prices rose to their highest since June after the fifth unexpected weekly drawdown in U.S. crude inventories. about the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' plan to cut production at its meeting next month also supported the market.

Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was up 2 percent, at $51.90 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 rose 2.3 percent at $49.82 a barrel. zone bond yields soared amid concerns the European Central Bank might reduce its asset purchases before the program finally ends. A Bloomberg article on Tuesday cited sources as saying the ECB would probably wind down the monthly 80-billion euro ($90 billion) scheme gradually. 10-year bond yield rose to 1.38 percent IT10YT=RR , its highest level since late June, according to Reuters data. Germany's 10-year Bund yield - the euro zone benchmark - rose more than 8 bps to hit zero for the first time in a fortnight DE10YT=RR .

"I am surprised at the reaction, but it's just this notion that the ECB may be discussing tapering one day that has upset the market," said ING rates strategist Benjamin Schroeder.

Benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 11/32 in price to yield nearly 1.72 percent, up from 1.68 percent late Tuesday. dollar .DXY was down 0.06 percent against a basket of currencies in choppy trading. GBP= rose 0.2 percent against the dollar, after dipping below $1.27 and hitting a fresh three-decade low against the greenback earlier in the session.

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