estors fretted about stockpiles
christian loubotin sandal sale Editing by Alexander Smith andElaine Hardcastle, dwindling demand andconcerns that rebuilding in Japan will not start soon. [MET/L]
UPCOMING DATA/EVENTS
* U.S. March nonfarm payrolls at 0830 EDT (1230 GMT).
* Positions data from the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commissionwill be released at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) on Friday.8:13 LAST NET PCT LOW HIGH CURRENT DAY AGO
CHNG CHNG VOL VOLCLc1 107.14 0.42 0.4% 106.58 107.65 26,505 256,895CLc2 107.69 0.45 0.4% 107.08 108.12 7,002 104,174LCOc1 117.62 0.26 0.2% 117.10 117.90 40,378 178
Wholesale Jerseys ,835RBc1 3.1185 0.0108 0.4% 3.1045 3.1227 1
Wholesale Jerseys ,630 21,603RBc2 3.0997 0.0079 0.3% 3.0854 3.1032 1
Wholesale Jerseys ,046 47,595HOc1 3.1187 0.0062 0.2% 3.1030 3.1231 2,206 19,949HOc2 3.1299 0.0066 0.2% 3.1150 3.1331 730 48
Wholesale Jerseys ,131 * NYMEX crude oil for May CLc1 rose 42 cents to $107.14 a barrel by 8:13a.m. in volume of 26,505 lots. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; Editing by John Picinich)Markets
* NYMEX crude hits highest intraday since Sept. 2008
* Libya conflict, Mideast unrest keep oil supported
* Coming up: CFTC positions data at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday
NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures prices rose on Friday,starting the second quarter moving above $107 for the first time sinceSeptember 2008 ahead of March jobs report expected to show employment gainsin the United States.
A Reuters poll suggested the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data for March wouldshow a second straight month of solid job growth, adding 190,000 jobs.[ID:nN30121489]
Friday's price strength comes after U.S. crude futures rose more than 2percent to its highest settlement in 2-1/2 years on Thursday inend-of-quarter trading as Libya's conflict and Middle East unrest keptsupply threats in focus and positive U.S. economic data also providedlift.
FUNDAMENTALS
* On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May crude CLK1 rose 42 cents,or 0.4 percent to $107.14 a barrel by 8:13 a.m. EDT (1213 GMT), tradingfrom $106.58 to $107.65.
* Libyan rebels moved heavier weaponry towards the oil town of Bregaand sought to marshal rag-tag units into a more disciplined force to regainmomentum against Muammar Gaddafi's regular army. [ID:nLDE72U2K5]
* Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told a huge rally ofsupporters that he would sacrifice everything for his country, suggestinghe has no plans to step down yet. [ID:nLDE7300Y8]
* Bahrain has stepped up arrests of cyber activists and Shi'ites, withmore than 300 detained and dozens missing since it launched a crackdown onpro-democracy protests, the opposition said. [ID:nLDE72U0VH]
* The Bank of Japan's tankan index for big manufacturers' sentimentcame in at +6 in March, up from +5 in December and compared with the medianestimate of +7. Most of the survey replies came in before the March 11earthquake and tsunami.<