OIL FUTURES: Crude price slide accelerates following US commercial inventory build

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Crude oil futures moved lower in midmorning New York trading Aug. 3 following a larger-than-expected build in US crude inventories. At 1445 GMT, NYMEX September WTI was down $1.42 at $93/b and ICE October Brent was $1.33 lower at $99.21/b. US commercial crude stocks climbed 4.5 million barrels in the week to July 29 to about 426.6 million barrels, Energy…