SINGAPORE: Oil prices retreated in Asia Wednesday after a key measure of manufacturing in China fell to its lowest level in more than six years, signaling weaker demand in the world’s top energy consumer.

The prospects of weaker demand come as the oversupplied global oil market is already troubled by expectations Iranian crude will return within months if Tehran is found to have complied with a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions.

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