NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices closed Friday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on a high note, posting a 65-cent gain to $76.09 per barrel.
Crude prices were reacting to news that demand looked positive and U.S. supplies were down. The Energy Information Administration said Thursday U.S. crude oil supplies dropped by 5 million barrels in the week ending July 2.
Natural gas also finished the week's trading up, finishing at $4.415, up 0.016 cents, per British thermal unit.
Gasoline posted a 2-cent gain and finished Friday's trading at $2.09 a gallon. New York Harbor No. 2 heating oil also finished the week's trading in positive territory, closing up 0.0247 cents at $2.0304.
At the pump, the national average price for unleaded regular gasoline dropped to $2.713 Friday from Thursday's $2.717 per gallon, AAA said.
