Oil prices fell today as warnings spread over the economic impact of the Wuhan virus in China, while a bigger than expected increase in U.S. crude stocks added to the negative tone.

Brent LCOc1 was down 95 cents, or 1.6%, at $58.86 a barrel by 07:38 GMT.

However, U.S crude CLc1 was down 84 cents, or 1.6%, at $52.49 a barrel, after dropping 0.3% in the previous session.