Top 20 Cryptos Make Small Gains While Stocks and Oil Indexes See Green

Feb. 12 - cryptocurrency markets are seeing measured growth among the top 20 coins by market capitalization, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin has climbed 5.65 percent over the past 7 days amidst all but one top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap seeing solid growth over the week.

Ethereum, the top altcoin that regained its place as the second-largest crypto by market cap on Feb. 11, is up around 1 percent at press time.

Ripple is slightly down around 0.1 percent, trading at $0.304.

The coin is seeing relatively modest growth over the past 7 days, up around 2 percent.

EOS, the fourth top crypto by market cap, is seeing the biggest growth among top 20 cryptocurrencies, up around 6.6 percent over the past 24 hours at press time.

Over the past 7 days, Litecoin is up the most, having grown by almost 30 percent at press time.

U.S. stock markets have rallied today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising around 1.49 percent, while the S&P 500 has increased by 1.29 percent, and the Nasdaq Composite Index grew by 1.42 percent at press time.

Major oil indexes have also seen a significant growth, with the Canadian Crude Index rising around 1.3 percent, while West Texas Intermediate is up 1.47 percent, Brent Crude growing by 1.61 percent, according to oilprice.com.

The oil market is allegedly seeing a wave of green in ahead of the release of OPEC's monthly market on the day.