Crude Under Pressure Again, Trades Below $30 a Barrel

U.S. and Brent crude prices moved below $30 a barrel in European trading hours on Friday, as the commodity came under renewed selling pressure. More than reversing a 2.4% gain from Thursday, February crude dropped $1.42, or 4.6%, to $29.76 a barrel. Brent crude for the same month dropped 94 cents, or 3%, to $29.94 a barrel. Losses for crude came as China stocks slipped into one definition of a bear-market -- a 20% drop from a recent high. The pressure was also on U.S. stock futures, which pointed to a difficult open for Wall Street.