NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices fell on Friday as a continued surge in COVID-19 infections triggered concerned over the prospect for energy demand.
The West Texas Intermediate for December delivery lost 38 cents to settle at 35.79 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for December delivery decreased 19 cents to close at 37.46 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
The moves came as investors worried that the rise in COVID-19 cases in some major economies including the United States and Europe could hurt fuel consumption.
The global COVID-19 caseload has surpassed 45.36 million with the death toll topping 1.18 million as of Friday afternoon, showed a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
For the week, both crude benchmarks declined more than 10 percent. Enditem
