WTI and Brent Crude Slightly Rise on Friday

Despite registering a third-straight weekly loss, crude oil futures rebounded on Friday after experiencing two consecutive declines, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude rose 19 cents, or 0.4%, to settle at $45.83 a barrel. For the week WTI fell 3.8%.

On the London ICE Futures Exchange, August Brent crude added 29 cents, or 0.6%, to end trading at $48.15 a barrel, marking a loss of 3.6% for the week.

July natural gas tacked on 1.1 cents, or 0.4%, to settle at $3.039 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas saw a weekly gain of 1.3%.