Local Time: 8/9/2010  3:32:45 AM                         GMT Time: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 01:32:45
Oil lower on US and euro zone doubts   (7/27/2010)

Oil prices fell in Asian trade as worries about the US and euro zone economies clouded sentiment.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, fell six cents to $78.92 a barrel, while Brent North Sea crude, also for September, was eight cents weaker at $77.42. Stock markets yesterday mostly shrugged off the results of Europe's banking stress tests, which gave approvals to all but seven European lenders, prompting scepticism among many experts. Providing a lift was the latest data from the US Commerce Department showing that new home sales had increased 23.6% to 330,000 units in June, from a revised May rate of 267,000.


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