By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The tide lifting stocks also buoyed crude-oil futures and helped gold pare losses. Most-active July contract made a short-lived foray into positive territory and was off 4 cents at $70.76 a barrel. Oil for August delivery added 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $72.22 a barrel. Gold for June delivery was off $5.70, or 0.4%, to $1,183.10 an ounce as margin calls abated, said George Gero with RBC Capital Markets.
