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Oil fell to near $70 a barrel on Friday after worse-than-expected U.S. employment figures raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery, but a slump in the dollar helped drag crude prices off their lows.

Oil rose above $68 per barrel on Wednesday, buoyed by a drop in U.S. gasoline inventories and a weak dollar.

Oil rose above $67 per barrel on Wednesday, buoyed by a fall in the dollar and higher share prices, but gains were limited by an expected increases in U.S. oil inventories.

Oil rose above $67 a barrel on Tuesday, with support coming from the dollar's fall in response to U.S. data showing weak consumer confidence.

Oil fell below $66 a barrel on Tuesday as a weak demand outlook was expected to be reinforced by weekly inventory data from the United States.

Oil dipped toward $66.50 a barrel on Tuesday as a weak demand outlook was expected to be reinforced by weekly inventory data from the United States.

Oil prices rose above $66 a barrel on Friday, supported by evidence of improving consumer sentiment and heightened tension around Iran's nuclear program.

Oil prices settled more than 4 percent lower at below $66 a barrel on Thursday as weak U.S. home sales data and high crude oil inventories in the top energy consumer stirred doubts about a potential fuel demand recovery.

Oil prices dropped over 4 percent on Thursday to $66 a barrel as weak U.S. home sales data and high U.S. crude inventories stirred doubts about a potential fuel demand recovery.

Oil prices dropped over 4 percent to below $66 a barrel on Thursday as weak U.S. home sales data and high crude oil inventories in the top energy consumer stirred doubts about a potential fuel demand recovery.

Oil steadied at below $72 a barrel on Wednesday, after rising more than 2 percent in the previous session, as a bearish industry report showing a surprise build in U.S. crude oil stockpiles was offset by further weakness in the dollar.

Oil fell toward $71 a barrel on Wednesday, giving up some of its previous session gains of 2 percent, as an industry report showing a surprise build in U.S. crude oil stockpiles again stoked concerns over demand revival.

Oil rose above $71 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and after the oil minister of top exporter Saudi Arabia said he was seeing real evidence of world economic recovery in the form of demand for Saudi crude.

Oil rose above $70 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and recovering from a sharp fall the previous day, but bulging inventories and slow demand limited gains.

Oil rose to $70 a barrel on Tuesday in a technical rebound after its 3.2 percent decline in the previous session, as traders watch for clues to the health of the global economy from a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and a summit of G20 nations this week.

Oil prices fell by 3.7 percent toward $69 a barrel on Monday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations that prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.

Oil prices fell by almost 3.5 percent toward $69 a barrel on Monday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations that prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.

Oil fell by more than 3 percent to below $70 a barrel on Monday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.

Oil fell by more than 2 percent to $70 a barrel on Monday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.

Oil fell by almost 2 percent toward $70 a barrel on Monday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.

Equatorial Guinea seeks steady oil output of 500,000 barrels per day but not necessarily membership in OPEC, the African nation's oil minister Owono Edu Marcelino said Friday.