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Oil prices surged on Friday.
The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery gained 9.89 U.S. dollars, or 12.21 percent, to settle at 90.90 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for May delivery went up 7.28 dollars, or 8.52 percent, to settle at 92.69 U.S. dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
Crude futures settle higher
The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, dropped 0.34 percent to 98.982 at 15:00 (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1606 dollars from 1.1583 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.34 dollars from 1.3328 U.S. dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 157.74 Japanese yen, lower than 157.77 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.777 Swiss francs from 0.7827 Swiss francs, and it declined to 1.3596 Canadian dollars from 1.3697 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar dropped to 9.1855 Swedish Kronor from 9.2657 Swedish Kronor.
U.S. dollar ticks down
