SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased in Asian trading hours Monday as investors took profits following last week's rally triggered by concerns over rising tensions in the Middle East, analysts said.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, dropped 35 cents to $97.50 a barrel while Brent North Sea crude for August delivery shed 45 cents to $105.48 in the afternoon.

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