RTRS: US crude drops $1 on Japan, euro zone demand worry
NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures fell more than $1 on Friday in choppy trading on concerns about demand in Japan as it struggles with its nuclear problems and in Europe with its debt worries pressured prices and offset fears about supply disruptions in the Middle East and North Africa.
A stronger dollar index .DXY was also cited as putting pressure on dollar-denominated oil prices.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May crude CLK1 fell $1, or 0.95 percent, to $104.60 a barrel by 9:55 a.m. EDT (1355 GMT), trading from $104.50 to $105.88. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; Editing by John Picinich)
