London — Oil prices fell on Monday as rising coronavirus cases spurred concern about demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls since April.

Brent crude fell 32 US cents, or 0.7%, to $41.60 a barrel by 9.15am GMT. US West Texas Intermediate was at $39.89 a barrel, down 36c or 0.8%...

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