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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, December 12, 2011 [View all]Pale Blue Dot
(16,834 posts)SINGAPORE Oil prices fell below $99 a barrel Monday in Asia as traders looked to this week's OPEC meeting for clues about the cartel's future crude output.
Benchmark crude for January delivery was down 79 cents to $98.62 a barrel in midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.07 to settle at $99.41 on Friday.
In London, Brent crude fell 70 cents at $107.92 on the ICE futures exchange.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets Wednesday in Vienna, and analysts will be closely watching whether the 12-nation group can agree on production policy. At OPEC's last meeting in June, members failed to reach consensus and output quotas were left unchanged.
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