00:00 Oil prices went down over renewed concern for weaker demand in the US and China, along
00:05 with unclear indicators from the US Federal Reserve's keeping markets guessing.
00:10 Brent crude futures went down by 8 cents to settle at 81 dollars and 35 cents a barrel,
00:15 while US West Texas Intermediate also fell 6 cents at 77 dollars and 11 cents.
00:21 Last Friday, prices actually went up by nearly 2 percent after Iraq expressed support to
00:27 OPEC plus planned supply cuts, but eventually lost about 4 percent last week.