The price of US crude oil fell 8.64% to $99.80 a barrel yesterday – the biggest one day fall since the height of the global financial crisis. Brent crude fell 9.78% to $109.02. The sharp increase in oil price was unsustainable at current levels as the high prices for air and car travel due to fuel price and duties deterred many from traveling and caused the slump in demand for oil thus lowering the price in a general fall in the commodities market yesterday. Although this is a large fall, the price of oil is not expected to fall much

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