Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Long before the shale revolution, a vital contributor to U.S. oil production were stripper wells, small holes producing trickles of crude with the aid of iconic pumping machines known as nodding donkeys, such as the one shown here in 2012 in Los Angeles. With oil prices down 57 percent since June, these smallest of producers will be the first to succumb to the Great Oil Bust of 2015.CREDIT: Bloomberg News photo by Patrick T. Fallon).

The Associated Press
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 8 cents to settle at $36.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for August delivery rose 18 cents to $38.73 a barrel.

Wholesale gasoline for July delivery was little changed at $1.12 a gallon. July heating oil rose 1 cent to $1.10 a gallon. July natural gas fell 8 cents to $1.73 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold for August delivery fell $2.50 to $1,737.30 an ounce, silver for July delivery fell 41 cents to $17.48 an ounce and July copper rose 1 cent to $2.60 a pound.

The dollar rose to 107.45 Japanese yen from 106.81 yen. The euro fell to $1.1233 from $1.1302.

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