Oil prices down for sixth day as virus spread worries market
Japan also warns of economic risks from the China virus but Opec says it can help curb losses, despite Libyan outage
28 January 2020 - 12:26
London — Oil futures were set for a sixth day of losses as the death toll from the virus in China rose, but the heavy sell-off of recent sessions was curbed by output outages in Libya and oil cartel Opec comments designed to calm demand fears.
Brent crude was down 51c at $58.81 a barrel at 9.25am GMT, having hit a three-month low of $58.50 on Monday as the virus outbreak triggered a global sell-off of riskier assets...
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