Oil futures end lower for first time in three sessions

Oil futures finished with a loss on Tuesday, pressured by uncertainty surrounding the upcoming U.K. Brexit vote and weekly data on U.S. crude supplies. July WTI crude settled at $48.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 52 cents, or 1.1%. The July contract expired at the settlement. August WTI crude , which is now the front-month futures contract, settled at $49.85, down 11 cents, or 0.2%.

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