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© Reuters. An oil well pump jack is seen at an oil field supply yard near Denver
By Amanda Cooper
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose by 2 percent on Monday, extending a rally from December's 18-month lows with support from OPEC production cuts and steadying share markets.
Oil has gained nearly 12 percent since last Monday, its biggest week-on-week rally in two years.
Brent crude (LCOc1) was up $1.13 at $58.19 a barrel by 0940 GMT, rising from December's slide below $50, it lowest level since July 2017. U.S. crude (CLc1) rose 84 cents to $48.80 a barrel.
"Momentum is coming back into the market from very depressed price levels," Petromatrix strategist Olivier Jakob said. "We've had five consecutive days of price gains already, so what you have today is a continuation of that."
The oil prices are drawing support from an agreed supply cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, well as some non-member countries such as Russia and Oman.
OPEC oil supply fell in December by 460,000 barrels per day (bpd), to 32.68 million bpd, a Reuters survey found last week, led by cuts from top exporter Saudi Arabia.
The aim of the production cut is to rein in a surge in global supply, driven mostly by the United States, where production grew by nearly a fifth to over 11 million bpd in 2018.
Record crude oil production
More upbeat equity markets also offered support on the back of expectations that this week's trade talks between the United States and China would ease a trade dispute.
The row has added to concerns about an economic downturn, which would hurt demand for oil.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) said in a note it had downgraded its average Brent crude oil forecast for 2019 to $62.50 a barrel from $70 due to "the strongest macro headwinds since 2015".
Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) cut its 2019 oil price forecast for Brent by $9 to $64 a barrel and also reduced its forecast for U.S. light crude by $9 to to $57 a barrel.
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