The price of a barrel of Brent oil rebounds close to 1% this Monday and exceeds 86 dollars after the good economic data that has been published in China. The February retail sales increased 5.5%better than the 5.2% increase predicted by the consensus, while the industrial production increased by 7%, compared to estimates of 5% growth. Besides, the investment in fixed assets increased by 4.2%, more than what analysts estimated, which was 3.2%. Although the unemployment rate in February for cities increased by 5.3%. Samer Hasn, analyst at XS.com, comments that «the oil market received support from the Chinese economy in the early hours of today, with a faster-than-expected acceleration of industrial production in Februarythe highest in three years, in addition to signs of optimism about the future, with greater than expected growth in investment.» «The Industrial production is the heart of the Chinese economy and therefore contributes significantly to raising oil prices if its growth accelerates to meet the demand of factories, which are extremely hungry for fuel,» adds this expert. Regarding the increase in investment in fixed assets, Samer Hasn argues that «strengthens sentiment about the Chinese economy's ability to restore growthas this type of spending on expensive and durable equipment does not coincide with a negative view on the future of growth.