Singapore - Oil prices fell in Asia on Tuesday following disappointing manufacturing data out of top energy consumer China, and as dealers await fresh US economic figures, analysts said.
US benchmark West Texas Intermediate eased 44 cents to $47.01 while Brent fell 30c to $55.62 in late-morning trade.
"Prices coming off slightly today may have to do with the weak flash manufacturing data coming out of China," Nicholas Teo, market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore, told AFP.