Singapore — Crude oil prices fell on Thursday as the US dollar strengthened after the US Federal Reserve signalled it might raise interest rates faster than expected, but losses were limited by a big drop in US crude oil inventories.

Brent crude oil futures dropped by 41 US cents, or 0.6%, to $73.98 a barrel by 4.00am GMT after reaching its highest level since April 2019 in the previous session...

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