16-06-2016 19:41 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Oil slides three percent, hits one-month low as dollar jumps

By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slumped about 3 percent to hit one-month lows on Thursday, down a sixth straight day, as the dollar's rally on fears of Britain's exit from the European Union hammered commodities priced in the currency. Crude futures bounced slightly off session lows as sterling briefly turned positive against the dollar after campaigning was suspended for next week's EU membership referendum following a deadly attack on a lawmaker for Britain's opposition Labo
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