Crude oil fell more than $6 a barrel, its first decline in a week on concern that a slower US economy will curtail demand for oil and gasoline.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>Oil futures fell below $141 a barrel as the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke said risks to US growth and inflation have increased, in testimony to the Senate Banking Committee. The US stocks tumbled, and the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 Index reached its lowest since 2005. Earlier, oil touched $146.73 a barrel. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>Crude oil for August delivery fell $6.78 or 4.7 per cent, to $138.40 a barrel at 11:09 am on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil fell as much as $9.26 to $135.92. Futures reached a record $147.27 a barrel on July 11 and have risen 88 per cent in the last year. </P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


Oil falls $6 to $138.40

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