Crude oil futures slip on profit-taking as rally cools

Crude oil futures were lower in mid-morning Asian trade Feb. 8, easing off multi-year highs as a seven-week long bull-run appeared to lose steam, though market watchers were in consensus that the rally still had legs to run. At 10:40 am Singapore time (0240 GMT), the ICE April Brent futures contract was down 12 cents/b (0.13%) from the previous close…