Sharp Gains In Crude Oil Prices Lift Global Stock Markets Wednesday

World equity markets were mostly firmer Wednesday amid sharply higher crude oil prices. U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward firmer openings when the New York day session begins. Traders and investors worldwide are anxiously awaiting the results of the OPEC oil cartel meeting that began Wednesday in Vienna, Austria. Crude oil prices are sharply higher on reports Iran's oil minister said he believes a deal to curtail the cartel's collective crude oil production will be reached, even though Iran does not want to immediately scale back its output. There is also marketplace uncertainty regarding the December 4 Italian referendum on constitutional reforms. To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2016 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Sharp Gains In Crude Oil Prices Lift Global Stock Markets Wednesday appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .