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Urgent: Oil prices drop amid Greece debt crisis

Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Oil prices lost Monday amid renewed uneasiness over Greece debt crisis after the country closed its banks to control capital outflow.

The U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for August delivery moved down 1.3 U.S. dollars to settle at 58.33 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The global benchmark, Brent crude for August delivery decreased 1.25 dollars to close at 62.01 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Future Exchange. Endite