Commodities

Oil prices could fall below zero: Analyst

West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the U.S. benchmark, fell by more than 10 percent Wednesday to a low of $24.21 a barrel, a level last seen in April 2002.   

Putin takes aim at US shale oil industry

Oil prices crashed Sunday evening after Saudi Arabia launched a price war against Russia following the Kremlin’s decision not to agree to production cuts.