World oil prices down on Chinese economic data.

Oil prices edged lower on Friday, as concerns about China's economy outweighed bullish signals from its refining sector, but losses were limited on hopes for progress toward a US-China trade agreement.

Benchmark Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 fell 49 cents to settle at $59.42 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures lost 15 cents to settle at $53.78 a barrel.

For the week Brent fell 1.8%, while WTI lost 1.7%.

China's economic growth slowed to 6% year-on-year in the third quarter, its weakest in 27-1/2 years and...

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