Oil futures fell Monday, kicking off May on a weak note after the U.S. benchmark eked out an April gain to snap a string of five straight monthly declines.
Worries about the potential for central-bank tightening to spark a global slowdown or recession continued to hang over the market, analysts said, ahead of a Federal Reserve policy decision on Wednesday, while data on activity on China’s manufacturing sector disappointed.
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