CNBC | US oil settles down $1.33, or 3.09%, at $41.71 a barrel CNBC Crude oil futures fell on Friday as the U.S. dollar index hit a fresh eight-month high, adding more pressure to an already oversupplied, bearish market. Strength in the greenback, which makes oil more expensive for holders of other currencies, joined ... Oil drops in light volume; cautious week expected before OPEC Oil Prices Pressured By Stronger Dollar, Global Oversupply of Crude Oil prices under pressure from strengthening dollar |