NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices finished Monday's volatile trading with losses as traders re-allocated their assets.
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October delivery lost 36 cents to settle at 42.61 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for November delivery erased 53 cents to close at 45.28 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
