Oil prices were steady on Tuesday in timid trading ahead of the year-end holidays, with investors beginning to unwind positions without expecting to take up new ones until the start of 2017. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $54.88 per barrel at 0821 GMT, down 4 cents from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 were down 17 cents at $51.95 per barrel. Traders said they were starting to square their books ahead of the upcoming Christmas weekend and the week running up to New Year. As a result, and barring major price-moving news, they said markets would likely remain tepid this week. “I think we can safely say that pending any dramatic headline we will bounce around the $54-$56 (per barrel) range on Brent […]