Tokyo — Oil prices resumed their slide on Wednesday, dragged down by a surprise gain in US inventories and comments from the head of Russian state oil producer Rosneft questioning the point of a deal with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to withhold supplies.
Brent futures were down 27c, or 0.4%, at $61.70 a barrel by 0152 GMT. They rose 1.1% on Tuesday after a near 13% fall in the previous four sessions...
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