London — Oil slipped towards $61 a barrel on Monday, falling for a second day, pressured by expectations for a rise in US crude inventories and fading optimism over a US-China trade deal.

US crude inventories are expected to have risen by about 700,000 barrels last week, according to a Reuters poll of analysts. The first of two weekly supply reports, from the American Petroleum Institute (API), is due at 8.30pm GMT...

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