Crude-oil futures eased in Asian trade Tuesday as investors booked profits after solid gains in the previous trading session and with U.S. oil inventories back in focus. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in May traded at $51.86 a barrel at 0535 GMT, down $0.28 in the Globex electronic session. Brent crude for May delivery on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.51 to $57.61 a barrel. However, oil prices still retained most overnight gains of around 6%. Money managers have been clear buyers of Brent crude since November, building the largest net long position since last June’s record peak, analyst Tim Evans at Citi Futures said. “So far it seems as though they are still willing to add to those exposures rather than run away,” he said in a report. Mr. Evans said despite the buying there […]