Crude-oil futures were lower in Asian trade Tuesday with investors largely uncertain about the outcome of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries next week. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December traded at $75.34 a barrel at 0423 GMT, down $0.30 in the Globex electronic session. January Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.35 to $78.96 a barrel. Opinion is divided about the production policy and prices at the OPEC meeting on Nov. 27 and money managers for the time being are reluctant to bet on increasing oil prices, Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodities at BNP Paribas said. He said OPEC’s decision will come on Thanksgiving when U.S. markets are closed and liquidity is low, which means that prices could prove to be highly volatile. Analysis also suggests stronger negative sentiment, which means […]