* Market tumbles on stop-loss liquidation, fundamental selling
* Marathon's 212,000 bpd Ill. refinery shut down unexpectedly
* Worries of record high OPEC output, U.S. oil rigs weigh
* U.S. crude stocks seen down last week, after rise in previous week
By Barani Krishnan
NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. crude tumbled below $40 per barrel on Monday for the first time since April, as oil prices settled down nearly 4 percent on heightened worries of a crude glut despite peak summer fuel demand.
A nearly 15-percent slump in U.S. crude prices in July, the worst monthly loss in a year, also triggered liquidation as trading began for August.
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