Melbourne — Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as worries about soaring Covid-19 cases, rapidly rising Libyan supply and US election jitters outweighed growing hopes that producers would hold back on planned production increases.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slipped 6c, or 0.2%, to $36.75 a barrel at 1.59am GMT, while Brent crude futures fell 15c, or 0.4%, to $38.82...
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