Oil slips to $57.32/bl

Crude oil prices, after touching record high levels in intra-day trades last week, eased on Monday, with the Nymex U.S. light crude oil for August delivery falling 77 cents to close at $57.32 a barrel. The London brent crude lost $1 to settle at $57.32 per barrel.

In the commodity segment, the Comex gold fell 30 cents to $421 an ounce.