Oil plunged the most in more than a year as early signals that demand is flagging exacerbated markets' unease over the prospect of a punishing stretch of high interest rates.
Oil fell to the lowest since June as momentum traders and lower market volumes worsened a plunge that has been driven by concerns the market is oversupplied.
Oil plummeted to the lowest since July as trend-following trades accelerated losses that were kicked off by swelling inventories and the failure of key technical support levels.
Oil plunged the most in more than two weeks amid signs Israel is rethinking the scope of a potential invasion of Gaza, at least temporarily containing the conflict in the Middle East.