SINGAPORE: Ahead of Chinese manufacturing data to be released on Tuesday ,oil prices lowered in Asia on Monday.
Brent crude for November fell 48 cents to $97.91. At the same time, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery lowered 40 cents to $92.01 . Market analyst Desmond Chua at CMC Markets in Singapore said that Oil price fell due to expected release of HSBC´s flash September purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese manufacturing sector on Tuesday.