Oil mixed as virus fears, U.S. stock build face talk of further OPEC cuts
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday as worries about the coronavirus outbreak and swelling U.S. crude inventories weighed on prices, counter-balanced by talk that OPEC could extend oil output cuts. Brent crude rose 30 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $59.81 per barrel. U.S. crude ended at $53.33, down 15 cents or 0.3%.Financial markets are trying to assess economic fallout as the virus spreads out of China where the death toll continues to rise, while airlines cut flights to..