In other fuels, April gasoline on Nymex RBJ5, -0.52% was little changed at $1.73 a gallon, while April heating oil HOJ5, -0.04% ended at $1.694 a gallon, down about a half cent.
Natural gas for April NGJ15, -0.35% settled at $2.855 per million British thermal units, up 13.9 cents, or 5.1%.
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.
In other metals actio Tuesday, May copper HGK5, -0.27% fell 3.5 cents, or 1.3%, to $2.633 a pound, while April platinum PLJ5, +0.18% fell $14.20, or 1.3%, to $1,093.70 an ounce and June palladium PAM5, +0.16% skidded $17.95, or 2.3%, to $762.15 an ounce.
In other fuels, April gasoline on Nymex RBJ5, -0.52% was little changed at $1.73 a gallon, while April heating oil HOJ5, -0.04% ended at $1.694 a gallon, down about a half cent.