Oil prices hovered below $97 a barrel on Friday as traders awaited a key jobs report for signs of strength in the U.S. economy, the world's largest. In other energy trading, heating oil was up 1.1 cents at $3.0639 per gallon and gasoline futures gained 1.81 cents to $2.8870 per gallon. Natural gas fell 7.8 cents to $2.476 per 1,000 cubic feet. |