Oil prices inched lower Tuesday to mark their first session decline since the first day of the month. Prices pulled back after logging three-consecutive settlements at levels not seen since July 2015. Traders await weekly data on U.S. petroleum supplies from the American Petroleum Institute later Tuesday and early Wednesday from Energy Information Administration. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts forecast a fall of 2.7 million barrels in crude stockpiles. December West Texas Intermediate crude , the U.S. benchmark, lost 15 cents, or 0.3%, to settle at $57.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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