Oil gains amid market uncertainty over virus stimulus plans

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday, bucking panic selling in other markets, as investors tried to assess the impact of massive central bank stimulus in putting a floor under plummeting fuel demand from the coronavirus pandemic.Brent crude was up $1.06 cents, or 4.3% at $25.94 a barrel by 0730 GMT, having earlier surged as high as $27.19. The global benchmark slumped 13% on Wednesday in a third day of relentless selling. U.S. oil gained $2.11, or 10.4%, to $22.48 after rising nearly..