Oil choppy with Brent trading near four-year low

Crude-oil futures were choppy in Asian trade Tuesday after sharp overnight losses as markets continue to look for cues that could drive prices higher.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December CLZ4, -0.68%  traded at $77.19 a barrel, down $0.27 in the Globex electronic session. December Brent crude LCOZ4, -0.61%  on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.28 to $82.06 a barrel.