Crude oil futures slipped during mid-morning Asian trade on April 19, as concerns on the pandemic front pulled the market back after it ended higher last week on bullish data releases and improved demand forecasts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now At 10:55 am Singapore time (0255 GMT), the ICE Brent June contract was 20 cents/b (0.28%) lower than the April 16 settle at $66.57/b, while the May NYMEX light sweet crude contract was 11 cents/b (0.17%) lower at $63.02/b. COVID-19 cases in key European economies, such as Germany and France, remain elevated, while analysts expressed further concerns over the rise in case numbers in India and Japan. India reported a record high 261,394 cases on April 17, latest data from John Hopkins University showed. The data also showed that cases in Japan have crept up to 4,802 by April […]