Published July 14, 2017 2:43pm EDT | Updated July 14, 2017 3:03pm EDT

Oil Ends Higher For The Session To Tally a Gain Of More Than 5% For The Week

Oil prices climbed Friday to finish near a two-week high, buoyed by reports of a setback for Nigerian crude supplies and a recent forecast for higher oil demand this year. For the week, the price for U.S. benchmark oil rose roughly 5.2%. August West Texas Intermediate crude rose 46 cents, or 1%, to settle at $46.54 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the session.