Filed at 1:16 a.m. ET SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices fell to near $69 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as plunging regional stock markets and a weaker euro rattled the confidence of commodity investors. Benchmark crude for July delivery was down $1.08 to $69.13 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract advanced 17 cents to settle at $70.21 on Monday. Oil has plummeted 21 percent from $87.15 a barrel earlier this month as a falling euro made...
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