Brent and U.S. crude oil futures hit fresh 6-1/2-year lows on Monday to drop below the latest supports of $45 a barrel and $40 a barrel respectively as investors fretted that a slowing Chinese economy will lead to weaker demand amid a global supply surplus. Other commodities also hit fresh lows in early Asian trading as fears spread that a more severe slowdown in China would pull down other economies in the region, denting energy and raw material consumption. Brent oil LCOc1 was trading down 82 cents a barrel at $44.64 as of 0425 GMT (0025 EDT), after hitting an intraday low of $44.24, its lowest since March 2009. On Friday it ended $1.16, or 2.5 percent, lower at $45.46 a barrel. U.S. October crude CLc1 fell 93 cents […]