Crude oil loses 4.8% for the week


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Crude oil futures settled lower on Friday down 4.8% on the week weighed on by a weekly rise in the number of active U.S. oil rigs and worries about a slowdown in energy demand spurred by losses in Chinese and U.S. stock markets.

West Texas Intermediate for October delivery dropped 2.1% to settle at US$40.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

 

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