COLUMN-Oil markets hit by profit-taking ahead of China tariff deadline: Kemp <!-- no image --> <div>Hedge funds scaled back their bets on higher oil prices last week, with futures and options markets hit by a wave of selling after a jump in positions the week before.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L11K5tl3UP0:ZTJEJ_uv5oM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L11K5tl3UP0:ZTJEJ_uv5oM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=L11K5tl3UP0:ZTJEJ_uv5oM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=L11K5tl3UP0:ZTJEJ_uv5oM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=L11K5tl3UP0:ZTJEJ_uv5oM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/L11K5tl3UP0" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters