Oil prices have dropped due to the continued global oversupply, which prompted many banks to reduce price forecasts.
Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 fell 30 cents to touch at $46.58 a barrel, while US crude CLc1 dropped 25 cents to reach at $44.15, reported Reuters.
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French bank BNP Paribas head of oil strategy Harry Tchilinguirian was quoted by the news agency as saying: "The fundamental mood has taken a turn for the worse."
BNP Paribas cut its forecasts for Brent from $60 to $51 a barrel for 2017 and from $63 to $48 for 2018.
Barclays bank also reduced its Brent forecasts for this year from $55 to $52 and from $57 to $52 next year.
Due to strong short-term demand, the losses caused by a dip in prices were restricted.
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