Oil Prices Continue To Fall

New York, NY, Jan. 13, 2015 -- Oil prices continued to slide Tuesday as West Texas Intermediate for February delivery fell as much as $1.86 to $44.21 a barrel in electronic trading in New York.

Brent for February settlement slid as much as $2.20 to $45.23 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange.

The prices were the lowest in more than 5 1/2 years.