RTRS: U.S. crude up $1 after jobless claims, GDP data
NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures rose more than $1 on Thursday, extending gains after separate reports showed U.S. jobless claims fell last week and a final second quarter GDP number that was revised upward and came in better than expected.
Crude oil prices were higher before the report, lifted by a weak dollar and a French strike that was affecting oil ports.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, November crude rose $1.02, or 1.31 percent, to $78.88 a barrel at 8:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT), trading from $77.55 to $78.92, the highest intraday price for front-month crude futures since prices reached $80.44 on Aug. 11. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; Editing by John Picinich)
