Signs of life in the European economy trumped concerns about an energy market tilted toward the supply side, lifting crude oil indices in Wednesday trading. Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, said seasonally adjusted gross domestic product increased by 0.4 percent for the 19 central economies in the region during the first quarter of the year. That’s up from the 0.3 percent growth in the fourth quarter and 1 percent higher than the first quarter of 2014. Quarterly, the European economy grew faster than the United States, though U.S. GDP is up 3 percent year-on-year, Eurostat said. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said in its latest monthly market report world economic demand was revised […]