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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/energy-and-travel-stocks-in-europe-are-flying-again-heres-why-51606220405\nBarron's Take\nEnergy and Travel Stocks in Europe Are Flying Again. Here’s Why.\nCallum Keown\nUpdated Nov. 24, 2020 3:35 pm ET / Original Nov. 24, 2020 7:20 am ET\nBP stock jumped 6.8% as Monday’s Covid-19 vaccine update from drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford continued to buoy investors.\nBen Stansall/AFP via Getty Images\nEurope’s energy giants and airlines made significant gains early on Tuesday, as oil prices continued to climb and the U.K. government slashed its travel-quarantine period in time for Christmas.\nBP stock jumped 6.8%, rival Royal Dutch Shell was 4.7% higher, and French oil major Total rose 4.6%, as Monday’s Covid-19 vaccine update from drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford continued to buoy investors. The optimism over a return to normality and improved demand outlook helped oil prices hit three-month highs, before slipping slightly. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.4% to $43.64 per barrel, while January Brent crude climbed 1.2% to $46.60.\n“Hopes for an economic recovery, boosted by vaccines, are helping to support the oil price and fuel this share price rebound, which now leaves investors in Big Oil looking ahead to next week’s OPEC meeting,” said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.\nThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, and is widely expected to postpone a planned two million barrel-per-day production increase for January, keeping current quotas in place.\nRead:The Oil Market Is Caught Between Covid Surges and Vaccine Hopes\nMould said it was one of the group’s most important meetings in its 60-year history. UBS analysts, led by Jon Rigby, said the market appeared to be anticipating a delay to the OPEC quota rise, as producers seek to “bridge a challenging Northern Hemisphere winter to the expected roll out of vaccines.”\nThe travel sector was also given a boost ahead of Christmas, as a number of countries began planning for the holiday period. People arriving in England will only have to quarantine for five days from Dec. 15, provided they pay for a Covid-19 test, after the U.K. government decided to slash the self-isolation period from 14 days. CMC Markets analysts Michael Hewson said the move was welcomed by the travel sector as being “long overdue.”\nBritish Airways owner IAG was 5.7% higher, Deutsche Lufthansa rose 6.1%, and Air France-KLM surged 12.2%, while aircraft-engine maker Rolls-Royce climbed 10.1%. Hotel chains also made gains, with Premier Inn owner Whitbread up 5.9% and Intercontinental Hotels was 3.5% higher.\nRead:U.S. Airline Stocks Have Soared. Here’s Where You Can Find Better Value.\nThe International Air Transport Association also announced it was set to launch a digital travel pass. This would allow passengers to store test results and proof of vaccination in a bid to “reopen borders without quarantine and restart aviation.”\nLooking ahead. Optimism over Covid-19 vaccines is dominating sentiment at the moment but it may be some months, at least, before they have an impact on people’s lives. Meanwhile, countries and sectors are looking to navigate the potentially tricky period until these vaccines return the world to normality.\nOPEC’s meeting next week highlights the balance that needs to be made as the world remains in a sort of limbo. The travel industry seems to be taking steps to improve the picture in the short-term, rather than waiting for the vaccines to be deployed. Christmas is a key period for travel, and European countries seem set to relax restrictions over the holidays, potentially improving air traffic in the process.\nEurope’s energy giants and airlines made significant gains early on Tuesday, as oil prices continued to climb and the U."