* Weak dollar helps support oil, commodities * Global equities, U.S. stock futures gain, support oil * Coming up: Fed meeting results, Tuesday 2:15 p.m. EDT NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures rose Monday, trying to break a string of three losing sessions and receiving lift from a weak dollar, stronger equities markets and geopolitical tensions involving Korea and Iran. Crude managed to reach $82.97 a barrel intraday last Wednesday --highest intraday front-month crude price since May 4, before ending the session lower following a government inventory report that showed gasoline and distillate stocks rose sharply last week. Crude futures ended the week with three consecutive losing sessions, but remained above $80 a barrel. FUNDAMENTALS * On the New York Mercantile Exchange, September crude CLU0 rose 69 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $81.39 a barrel by 8:47 a.m. EDT (1247 GMT), trading from $80.75 to $81.76. * The dollar was on the defensive against major currencies as disappointing U.S. jobs data highlighted a weakening U.S. economic outlook and added to speculation about further monetary easing. [USD/] * U.S. stock index futures rose as investors shrugged off last week's dismal employment data and shifted focus to technology shares, including Hewlett-Packard Co after its chief executive resigned. [.N] * North Korea fired artillery rounds into the sea off its west coast near the border with the South, a South Korean military official said, heightening tension on the divided peninsula. [ID:nTOE678081] * Iran showed off four new domestically made small submarines on Sunday that Tehran said would bolster its defense capability as it vows to confront any military threat from countries opposed to its nuclear program. [ID:[nLDE6770B1] * A low pressure system over the Bahamas and southern Florida could become a tropical depression in a few days as it moves west into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The NHC continued to follow a low pressure system in the central Atlantic that has a 70 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical depression. But the system was expected to turn northeast long before reaching land in North America. [ID:nN09211864] MARKETS NEWS * Copper rose as falling inventories and improving expectations for global demand countered disappointing jobs data from the United States. [ID:nLDE6780RY] * Global shares edged up toward a three-month peak amid expectations the Federal Reserve would buy bonds to buoy the U.S. economy. [MKTS/GLOB] * Gold rose in Europe as weak U.S. economic data sparked speculation the Fed would ease monetary policy. [GOL/] ECONOMIC NEWS * Conference Board releases employment trend index for July. 10:00 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) In the prior report, the index read 96.7. * The Federal Reserve's policy arm FOMC meets this week. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday may send a clear signal it is prepared to print more money to support a faltering economic recovery if necessary. Results of the Fed meeting are to be released around 2:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday. [ID:nN09301078]

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