US oil prices fell heavily on Monday after the world’s largest oil-backed exchange-traded fund said it would sell all its short-term contracts by the end of the month following pressure from regulators.
West Texas Intermediate, the US oil price benchmark, tumbled 27.7 per cent to $12.25 a barre
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