SINGAPORE: Oil extended its decline in Asia on Tuesday as hopes faded that major crude producers would freeze output to ease a world surplus, sending Brent crude back below $40.

A meeting proposed by Russia and Saudi Arabia to discuss output limits has been pushed back to April from March 20, after signs that some key producing nations do not support the move.

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