Oil Resumes Slide on Demand Worries After Latest Rate Hikes

Oil Resumes Slide on Demand Worries After Latest Rate Hikes
A 3D printed oil pump jack is placed on dollar banknotes in this illustration picture, on April 14, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil dropped for a second day on Friday and was heading for a weekly decline, as a UK interest rate hike added to concern over economic growth that outweighed lower U.S. crude stocks and other signs of tighter supplies.

Both crude benchmarks had dropped about $3 on Thursday after the Bank of England raised interest rates by a bigger-than-expected half a percentage point. Central banks in Norway and Switzerland also hiked rates.