In the energy market, crude oil for September delivery [the new front-month contract] fell 21 cents from Tuesday to close at $65.40/barrel. August reformulated gasoline rose 2.63 cents to finish at $1.8383/gallon.

In the energy market, crude oil for August delivery rose 74 cents from Monday to close at $64.72/barrel. August reformulated gasoline climbed more than 2 cents to finish at $1.812/gallon.

In the energy market, crude oil for August delivery rose 27 cents from Wednesday to close at $60.41/barrel. August reformulated gasoline gained more than 3 cents to finish at $1.6638/gallon.

In the energy market on Wednesday, crude for August delivery accelerated its slide, closing at $60.14/barrel, down $2.79. August reformulated gasoline lost 9.95 cents, to $1.6333/gallon.

In the energy market on Tuesday, crude for August delivery prolonged its slide, closing at $62.93/barrel, down $1.12. August reformulated gasoline lost a penny, to $1.73/gallon.

Oil dropped well over a dollar to below $62 a barrel on Wednesday, placing it on course for a sixth consecutive fall and the longest losing streak since mid-December, after U.S. data showed a big rise in fuel stocks.

In the energy market on Friday, crude for August delivery slipped, closing at $69.16/barrel, down $1.07. July reformulated gasoline lost 2.42 cents, to $1.8741/gallon.

Oil rose to $70 a barrel on Monday after Nigeria’s main militant group said it attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil platform, outweighing a fairly bearish report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Oil prices fell on Wednesday as the stronger dollar and rising U.S. product stocks outweighed supply concerns from Nigeria.

Oil prices rose for the third consecutive day on Friday, nearing $72 a barrel, as rebel attacks in Nigeria hit output from the OPEC-member country and economic optimism propelled equities markets higher.