Oil prices fall more than 2 percent as U.S. stock markets retreat
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday after rebounding 8 percent in the previous session, as signs of faltering global economic growth and record production of crude pressured prices.Brent crude futures were $1.59 lower at $52.88 a barrel, a 2.9 percent decline, by 1:15 p.m. EST (1815 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down $1.11 at $45.11 a barrel, a 2.4 percent drop.Prices surged on Wednesday, tracking a spike in the U.S. equities market after President..