Wall Street Journal | Oil on track for first weekly loss in 5 weeks on strong US dollar The Globe and Mail Oil prices fell on Friday as a strong dollar made it more expensive to hold the dollar-denominated commodity, setting contracts up for the first weekly loss in five weeks. Global benchmark Brent crude futures were down 7 cents at $51.31 a barrel at ... Oil Prices Hold Steady Despite Stronger Dollar Why the oil price could be $55 or $90 in five years Oil flips higher as Russia repeats support for output freeze |