Oil prices extended losses on Tuesday, with investors expecting lingering U.S. inflation to keep interest rates higher for longer, depressing consumer and industrial demand.
“Fears of weaker demand led to selling as the prospect of a Fed rate cut became more distant,” said analyst Toshitaka Tazawa at Fujitomi Securities. The market appeared largely unaffected by political uncertainty in two major oil-producing countries.
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