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Oil down nearly 3% on jobs report, dollar

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Oil prices fell Friday along with the prospects for global economic growth as the government reported the US economy added no jobs last month.

 

Benchmark crude fell $2.48, or 2.8%, to finish at $86.45 on the New York Mercantile Exchange after the Labor Department said employers stopped adding jobs in July. The unemployment rate remained at 9.1%. (AP)

 

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