Crude oil futures mostly steady; sentiment still fragile amid recession fears

Crude oil futures were mostly steady in mid-morning trade in Asia June 24 after shedding early morning gains as sentiment remained fragile following steep declines in the last two sessions. At 10:30 am Singapore time (0230 GMT), the ICE August Brent futures contract was down 10 cents/b (0.09%) from the previous close at $109.95/b, while the NYMEX August light sweet…