Oil falls on concerns over storage, weakening economies - Reuters:
Oil prices fell on Monday, with a U.S. crude futures contract hitting its lowest level since 1998, as concerns that U.S. crude storage will soon be full and bleak economic data hit sentiment.
Brent LCOc1 was down $1.18, or 4.2%, at $26.90 a barrel by 1321 GMT, while the front-month May WTI contract CLc1 fell $5.88, or 32%, to $12.39.
At one point, the contract hit a low of $10.77 a barrel, the lowest since 1998. However, analysts said the sell-off was exaggerated by the contract’s imminent expiry.
“The May contract is set to expire tomorrow and the bulk of the open interest and volume is already in the June contract,” said ING’s head of commodities strategy, Warren Patterson.
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