Oil rose above $62 a barrel on Thursday as indications of a coming recovery in demand offset a further jump in U.S. crude stockpiles which underlined currently ample supplies. Crude benchmarks in the U.S. and Europe posted their largest percentage gains in nearly two weeks on Wednesday, supported by remarks from Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, and a slightly stronger-than-expected Chinese manufacturing survey. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 71 cents to $62.34 by 5.23 a.m. ET, after jumping more than 5 percent on Wednesday. U.S. crude CLc1 fell 40 cents to $50.59, following a more than 3 percent gain in the previous session. “The comments yesterday, the change of tone from Saudi Arabia, is still an element,” said Olivier Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix, of Brent’s gain. “The market is still reacting to that.” Brent collapsed from $115 in June on global oversupply, in a decline that […]