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Oil falls on stronger dollar and further oversupply worries

April 1, 2016

Via: CNBC

Oil futures fell in Asian trade on Friday as oversupply and a strengthening dollar weighed on sentiment, although another fall in U.S. oil output in January helped to limit the losses.

Brent crude for June delivery fell 27 cents to $40.06 a barrel as of 0320 GMT. The May contract, which expired on Thursday, settled up 34 cents at $39.60 a barrel.

Brent jumped 6 percent in the first quarter, its first quarterly increase since rising 15 percent in the second quarter of 2015.

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