** Oil stocks among top gainers in Europe as Brent pricesedge away from multi-year lows on Tuesday on winter demand hopes
** Brent futures up 0.9 pct at $36.68 per barrel at0824 GMT, off an 11-year low of $36.04 hit on Monday
** Tullow Oil and BG up 2 pct each, Shell gains 1 pct and BP rises 1.5 pct
** Stoxx 600 Oil & Gas index rises 0.8 pct, bestperforming sector in Europe by a considerable distance
** According to analysts, further large crude price risesare unlikely given an unusually mild start to winter in thenorthern hemisphere (RM: aastha.agnihotri.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)