U.S. Cash Crude - Grades slide further near WTI expiry
November 17, 2011 at 11:29 AM EST
* LLS sells $10.60 over WTI, off $1.10 * Mars bid-asks $6.50/$7, weaker than Wednesday levels * December WTI expires Friday, January gains more on Brent HOUSTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. cash crude premiums slid further on Thursday as December West Texas Intermediate neared expiry and kept gaining on Brent. Light Louisiana Sweet sold for $10.60 a barrel over WTI , off $1.10 from the end of trading on Wednesday. Mars sour bid-asked $6.50 against $7. It bargained $7.25 bid against $