Reuters | Oil down after four-month highs on dollar's rise, stockpile worry Reuters NEW YORK Oil settled slightly lower in choppy trade on Tuesday as a surging dollar and anticipation of higher U.S. crude stockpiles offset optimism about planned OPEC output cuts that initially took Brent to four-month highs. A slump in equity prices ... US oil settles at $48.69 a barrel, down 12 cents, or 0.25% Oil Prices Near Flat on Skepticism Over OPEC's Efficacy Oil struggles for direction with US supply data on tap |