Oil prices dipped on Monday as China’s economic growth eased in the third quarter to grow at the slowest pace since the start of the global financial crisis. China’s GDP figures showed growth slowed to 6.9 percent between July-September, beating analysts’ expectations for 6.8 percent growth, but down on a 7 percent rise in the second quarter. Quarter-on-quarter growth was 1.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said, against market expectations of a 1.7 percent rise.