Oil Prices Drop on Fears of End to Stimulus Measures

摘要

Crude oil prices closed lower on Tuesday as investors worried that central banks, following Japan's example, could begin to rein in their loose monetary policies. Oil joined equity markets, the dollar, bond prices and other commodities, such as gold and copper, in an investor pullback sparked by the Bank of Japan's decision not to follow up its $1.4 trillion stimulus program announced in April.