Oil prices slid lower today amid hopes that Opec would act to increase output at an emergency meeting scheduled for this weekend – raising hopes that petrol prices would not surge ahead.
By mid-afternoon in London the oil price was down 98 US cents (94c) at $28.35 (€27.16) a barrel.
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