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(Reuters) -Oil prices settled down 1% on Monday as worries about a slowing world economy and conceivable U.S. interest-fee hikes outweighed supply cuts announced for August by high exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Brent low futures settled down 1%, or 76 cents, at $74.65 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate low settled down 1.2%, or 85 cents, to $69.79.
Saudi Arabia on Monday said it would prolong its voluntary decrease of a million barrels per day (bpd) for one other month to embody August, the pronounce recordsdata agency said.
But prices moved decrease after industry surveys showed world manufacturing facility exercise slumped in June as unhurried search recordsdata from in China and in Europe clouded the outlook for exporters.
Fears of an additional economic slowdown denting gasoline search recordsdata from grew on Friday as U.S. inflation continued to outpace the central monetary institution's 2% purpose, stoking fears of more fee hikes.
Increased U.S. interest charges would possibly toughen the greenback, making oil dearer for patrons holding utterly different currencies.
"Oil is facing serious economic headwinds and the market is attempting to execute sense of what extra low cuts mean in that context," said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.
Russia, trying for to tighten world low offers and boost prices in dwell performance with Saudi Arabia, will decrease oil exports by 500,000 bpd in August, Deputy High Minister Alexander Novak said.
The cuts amount to 1.5% of world supply and enlighten the total pledged by OPEC+ oil producers to 5.16 million bpd.
Riyadh and Moscow had been attempting to prop up prices. Brent has dropped from $113 a barrel a 12 months ago, hit by concerns of an economic slowdown and giant offers.
"Merchants are turning upbeat as the 2nd half of the 12 months kicks off. They demand tighter oil balance and buoyant equities furthermore point out that recession will seemingly be done without, albeit doubtlessly narrowly," said PVM analyst Tamas Varga.
