LONDON—Brent crude-oil futures fell amid concern a solution to Europe's sovereign-debt crisis may not emerge as soon as hoped.
In late morning, the front-month December Brent contract on London's ICE futures exchange was 48 cents, or 0.4%, lower at $111.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, the front-month November contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was trading up 29 cents, or 0.3%, at $87.09 per barrel.