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Oil prices inched up on Friday.
The West Texas Intermediate for October delivery went up 23 cents, or 0.26 percent, to settle at 87.06 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for October delivery gained 61 cents, or 0.65 percent, to settle at 94.39 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, decreased by 0.09 percent to 98.801 at 15:00. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro added to 1.1683 dollars from 1.1676 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound climbed to 1.3652 dollars from 1.3628 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 159.02 Japanese yen, lower than 159.14 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar was up to 0.8008 Swiss francs from 0.8007 Swiss francs, and it dropped to 1.3761 Canadian dollars from 1.3790 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.4626 Swedish kronor from 9.4908 Swedish kronor.
U.S. dollar ticks down
