By MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures fell 0.5% Friday ahead of the monthly U.S. jobs report from the Labor Department, as the front-month contract cooled off after having rallied earlier this week.
In recent action, west Texas intermediate for November delivery CL1X -0.55% dropped 38 cents to $82.21 a barrel.
Crude futures have bounced back from lows near $75 a barrel in the past three days, as a bullish U.S. inventories report for last week helped fuel big gains on Wednesday and Thursday.
