Oil traded near the lowest close in more than six months in New York after sliding for a third week.

Crude for June delivery was at $91.63 a barrel, up 15 cents, or 0.2 percent, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 8:19 a.m. in Singapore. It earlier fell as much as 0.7 percent.

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