Nymex crude-oil futures were choppy in Asian trading hours Monday ahead of several key economic data releases this week that may influence U.S. monetary policy and oil prices. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December traded at $94.67 a barrel at 0558 GMT, up $0.06 in the Globex electronic session. December Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $0.34 to $106.25 a barrel. The Brent-WTI spread is currently at $11.59 a barrel. Data on tap this week include the U.S. third-quarter GDP advance estimate, U.S. labor market report for October, eurozone manufacturing data and several Chinese economic indicators. Last week, the U.S. Federal Reserve kept its monetary policy unchanged but some strong economic data since then has raised concerns that the Fed’s tapering of asset purchases may happen as soon as December. A withdrawal of monetary stimulus would boost the U.S. […]