Oil continues to slide, natural gas rises 5.6 pct

Washingtonpost reports that Oil prices continued to slide on lingering concerns about economic stability in Europe.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Benchmark oil for December delivery fell $1.90 to $80.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, its lower settlement price in a month. The price has fallen $7.23, more than 8 percent, in the last four trading days as global economic issues took center stage.

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