Baku – APA-Economics. Crude-oil prices rose Friday on strong U.S. economic data and continued worries about the potential for global supply interruptions stemming from the crisis in Ukraine, Cape Breton Post reported.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery settled up 52 cents, or 0.5%, to $102.02 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, recovering some of Thursday's drop and ending 2% higher for the week.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose for the fifth session in a row, the longest streak of gains since August 2013. The July Brent contract climbed 66 cents, or 0.6%, to $109.75 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange.