Oil pauses gains after surging on Libyan outages, Middle East tension
BEIJING (Reuters) -Oil prices paused recent advances to trade in a range on Tuesday, after a surge of more than 7% in the previous three sessions, on supply concerns prompted by fears of a wider Middle East conflict and the potential shutdown of Libyan oil fields. Brent crude futures was up 3 cents at $81.46 a barrel by 0630 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped 6 cents to $77.36 a barrel. "Losses in oil prices may seem contained in today's session, which suggest prices taking a breather following a sharp rally over the past few days," said Yeap Jun Rong, market strategist at IG.