U.S. oil futures marked a loss for the sixth session in a row on Tuesday, holding ground at a six-year low as traders bet that coming reports will show another weekly increase in crude-oil supplies.Crude oil for delivery in April CLJ5, -1.63% lost 42 cents, or 1%, to settle at $43.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange — off the day’s intraday low of $42.63. Prices again settled at their lowest level since March 11, 2009 and they’ve tallied a six-session loss of more than 13%.
May Brent crude LCOK5, -0.15% lost 43 cents, down 0.8%, to end at $53.51 on London’s ICE Futures exchange.
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