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Oil prices rally on China stimulus package
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LONDON (AFP) - - Oil prices rose by more than two dollars on Monday after China's announcement at the weekend of a massive local economic stimulus package was set to increase demand for crude, analysts said.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), light sweet crude for delivery in December jumped 2.38 dollars to 63.42 dollars a barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for December was up 2.09 dollars at 59.44 dollars a barrel on London's InterContinental Exchange (ICE).
China's four-trillion-yuan (586-billion-dollar) stimulus package aimed at boosting its economy would mean greater demand for commodities including oil, dealers said.
"China's stimulus package is significant," said David Moore, a Sydney-based strategist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
"It will support China's economic growth and therefore demand for oil," he said.
The giant Asian nation is a major buyer of commodities and its thirst for oil imports to fuel its runaway economic growth in recent years was a key factor behind the surge in crude prices to record levels above 147 dollars in July.
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