A Day After Entering Bear Market, WTI Posts Record Slide

(Bloomberg) -- Oil’s slump just got much worse. After entering a bear market on Thursday, West Texas Intermediate crude fell for a record tenth straight session on Friday. Futures in New York settled at $60.19 a barrel, capping a fifth straight week of declines.

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