Financial Times | Oil in bear market territory: 5 things to watch Financial Times Oil prices are still comfortably above the nadir touched at the start of the year and Brent crude, the North Sea benchmark that is the most used international measure, is still hovering just over bear market territory. However, the renewed decline is a ... Oil prices fall to fresh April lows as oversupply bites US oil settles down 78 cents, or 1.86 pct, at $41.14 a barrel Oil Nears a Bear Market |