NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices held steady early Friday, climbing above $75 per barrel after the dollar took a surprising turn higher.
After 13 days of declines, the dollar index rose Thursday, up 0.35 percent. On Friday morning, the index dropped that much and more, declining 0.46 percent, but crude oil prices lifted only slightly, up 14 cents to $75.32 per barrel.
"The interesting thing about the crude oil price story is that we are in a rather balanced situation, with little chance for any specific risk hitting this commodity and sending the price out of trend," market strategist Richard Hastings at Global Hunter Securities told MarketWatch.
Heating oil prices lost 0.0012 cents to $1.1323 per gallon. Reformulated gasoline blendstock added 0.0016 cents to $1.9145 per gallon. Henry Hub heating oil prices rose 0.001 cents to $4.02 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the national price of unleaded gasoline dropped a half cent Friday, falling to $2.71 per gallon from Thursday's $2.715, AAA said.
