Crude oil futures slipped during mid-morning trade in Asia Friday amid a mixed data of global demand and supply fundamentals, while market participants continued to seek fresh cues for price direction. At 10:45 am in Singapore (0245 GMT), ICE Brent December futures fell 35 cents/b (0.57%) from Thursday’s settle to $61.32/b, while the new front-month NYMEX December light sweet crude futures contract was 31 cents/b (0.55%) lower at $55.91/b. “Asian markets may range trade today,” said OCBC Bank analysts in a note Friday. On demand-side fundamentals, weak economic data from Germany and uncertainty around the ongoing US-China trade tensions provided downside pressure to prices, while a draw reported in the latest US crude stock data and supply outage at the North Sea Forties pipeline facility stalled further losses, said analysts. “Upside [to crude prices supported by supply […]