Crude oil prices declined during the Asian trading hours Thursday as renewed concerns about the fiscal cliff weighed on sentiment.
Light sweet crude for February delivery declined 0.36 percent or 32 cents to $89.66 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange during the Asian trading hours. Brent crude oil futures for the February delivery fell 0.24 percent or 28 cents to $110.08 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange in London.
Oil futures declined from the two month high as stalled fiscal cliff negotiations gave traders reason to pause after the recent rally. Sentiment turned negative overnight as President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are struggling to make progress in reaching an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff and prevent the scheduled rise in tax rates and spending cuts from pushing the economy into a recession early next year.
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