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Oil Market Dips on Rising US Stockpiles, Ceasefire Hopes

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By Adedapo Adesanya The oil market depreciated on Tuesday on the back of rising crude inventories and production in the US, the world’s biggest oil consumer, along with increasing hopes of a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East. The price of Brent crude fell by 47 cents or 0.5 per cent during the session to settle at $85.86 per barrel and the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude declined by 53 cents or 0.6 per cent to $81.40 per barrel. According to American Petroleum Institute (API) figures on Tuesday, US crude oil inventories swelled last week by 4.906 million barrels,

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