London — Oil slipped further below $45 a barrel on Friday, giving up this week’s gains, under pressure from doubts about demand recovery due to the coronavirus pandemic and rising supply.

Two prominent forecasters, the International Energy Agency and Opec, trimmed their 2020 oil demand forecasts this week. Opec and its allies are increasing output in August...

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