Topic: Light oil prices close mixed on US jobs data
Oil prices were mixed Friday after the United States, the world's biggest energy consumer, reported its jobless rate jumped to 9.7 per cent but with a narrowing decline in payrolls in August.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, ended at $US68.02 a barrel, up six cents from Thursday's close.
London's Brent North Sea crude for October delivery was down 30 cents to $US66.82 a barrel.