NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures briefly
extended losses after the release of minutes of the Federal
Reserve's policymakers Aug. 10 meeting.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange at 2:07 p.m. EDT (1607
GMT), crude for October delivery <CLV0> traded at $73.04 a
barrel, down $1.66, or 2.22 percent.
Earlier, it traded at $72.68, down $2.02, or 2.7 percent,
just after the release of the minutes. Before the release,
October crude traded at $72.91, down $1.79, or 2.4 percent.
For details of the Fed minutes, see [ID:nWALVJE6IH]
(Reporting by Gene Ramos)