Crude-oil futures eased slightly in Asian trade Thursday as markets continue to weigh global supply levels and weak economic data from China. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in October traded at $93.17 a barrel at 0533 GMT, down $0.28 in the Globex electronic session. October Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.35 to $101.93 a barrel. Chinese manufacturing activity weakened in August to a three-month low, with the preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index slipping to 50.3 compared with a final reading of 51.7 in July. Analysts said the soft numbers point to a fragile economic recovery and will likely be negative for oil demand. Libya said it has resumed oil exports from its largest terminal–Es Sider– after almost a year, with an initial cargo of 600,000 barrels of oil headed for Europe. “The Libyan recovery […]