Crude prices extended their falls Thursday as a top energy monitor trimmed its forecast for oil demand next year. The prediction comes as oil prices remain under pressure because of the global glut in crude. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell 1.2% to $43.55 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures were trading down 1.3% at $41.14 a barrel. The International Energy Agency on Thursday cut its forecast for growth in global oil demand next year by 100,000 barrels a day to 1.2 million barrels, citing a dimmer economic outlook after the U.K.’s surprise vote to leave the European Union. In the U.S., domestic inventories of crude oil and petroleum products rose last week to… “Some momentum will be lost in 2017 due to downgrades in economic growth projections, but the forecast expansion of 1.2 million b/d is […]