Crude oil prices tumbled Monday morning and despite recovering some lost ground later in the session, settled sharply lower due to worries about energy demand after data showed a much slower than expected pace of growth of the Chinese economy in July.
The lowering of oil demand forecast for 2022 by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) last week also weighed on prices.
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