Oil prices eased a day after hitting a trading record of nearly$140 a barrel as investors weighed increased production from SaudiArabia against the ability to supply developing countries.

Light, sweet crude for July delivery shed $1.76 cents to $132.85a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchangeby noon in Europe.

Crude prices gyrated Monday, rising sharply to a...

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