RTRS; U.S. CRUDE FUTURES PARE LOSSES SLIGHTLY AFTER JOBLESS, PPI DATA
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures trimmed losses in choppy trading on Thursday after the government reported new jobless benefit claims fell last week and a separate report showing August producer prices rose 0.4 percent, more than consensus expectations.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October crude CLV0 fell 75 cents, or 0.99 percent, to $75.27 a barrel by 8:42 a.m. EDT (1242 GMT), trading from $74.93 to $75.99.
Crude futures prices were down about 86 cents when the reports were released. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; Editing by John Picinich)
