Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday ahead of data expected to show U.S. crude stocks declining, outweighing investors’ concerns that U.S.-China trade tensions could dampen fuel demand. barrel. U.S. crude futures fell 7 cents, or about 0.1%, at $57.83 a barrel. Investors shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on Tuesday that the United States would obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American.” Oil-market jitters over the escalating tension between the United States and Iran have eased after Trump targeted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions on Monday, after calling off a retaliatory air strike, analysts said. Sending […]