Oil prices fell on Thursday as Asian and European stock markets plunged in the wake of Wall Street’s biggest daily decline since 2011, with investors shedding risk in an uncertain political landscape. SEE MORE Asia's benzene market slumped this week amid a sharp pull back in the crude oil sector and market fundamentals suggest the pressure on the molecule will remain strong in weeks ahead. SEE MORE Lengthening supply in the US Gulf has pushed US liquid caustic sodaspot export prices down to pre-Hurricane Harvey levels for the first time since the hurricane blew across the Texas Gulf coast. SEE MORE The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 fell by VNĐ224 to a maximum of VNĐ20,682 (US$0.88) per litre at 3pm on Monday, the ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced. SEE MORE The Vietnamese dong will not depreciate much against the US dollar in the second half of this year, so the whole year’s slide will be 3 per cent at the most, the Bao Viet Securities Company (BVSC) has forecast. SEE MORE