Oil fell below $59 a barrel for the first time since May 2009 on Tuesday, extending a six-month selloff as slowing Chinese factory activity and weakening emerging-market currencies added to concerns about demand.
Both crude benchmarks are now down around 20 per cent since their last peak in June
Benchmark Brent oil futures prices more than halved between June 2014 and January 2015.
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