RTRS: U.S. crude up $1 on weak dollar, port disruptions
NEW YORK Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures prices rose more than $1 on Tuesday, lifted by the dollar's weakness after the Bank of Japan's announced moves to stimulate the economy, including lowering interest rates, and by a strike at France's top oil port hampering shipping and backed up shipping traffic at the Houston Ship Channel.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, November crude CLX0 rose $1.01, or 1.24 percent, to $82.48 a barrel at 9:17 a.m. EDT (1317 GMT), trading from $81.15 to $82.58. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons)
