Sri Lanka, Jan. 5 -- Oil prices fell on Monday as adequate global supplies offset concerns about supply disruptions due to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid over the weekend.

Brent crude futures were down 50 cents, or 0.8%, to $60.26 a barrel at 0752 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was 53 cents, or 0.9%, lower at $56.79 a barrel.

The key benchmarks were volatile in early Asian trade as investors assessed the political upheaval in OPEC member Venezuela and the potential impact on oil supply.

President Donald Trump said Washington would take control of the country and that a U.S. embargo on Venezuelan oil remained in full effect, after detaining Maduro in New York on Sunday.

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