Crude-oil futures swung between gains and losses in Asian trade Thursday as investors assessed a lower growth target from China, a slower increase in U.S. oil stockpiles and ongoing production issues in Libya. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in April traded at $51.82 a barrel at 0419 GMT, up $0.29 in the Globex electronic session. Brent crude for April delivery on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $0.14 to $60.69 a barrel. China on Thursday projected economic growth of about 7% for 2015, lower than the 7.4% it achieved in 2014. Beijing also announced several energy-related goals, including reducing energy intensity–the amount of energy needed to increase gross domestic product–by more than 3.1% for 2015, strictly controlling energy use and boosting clean-energy sources like hydropower. A softer Chinese economy has been mostly priced in by the market considering that crude […]