Crude prices dipped Friday but finished with a gain for the week

Crude oil prices ended up lower on Friday, but still managed a second straight week of price gains.

Prices were helped by the interest rate cut announced by the Feds, plus a drop in the U.S. crude stocks. Both Brent and WTI finished up more than 4% for the week.

West Texas Intermediate crude finished 3 cents down on Friday or 0.52% at $71.92 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, closed down 39 cents or 0.52% at $74.49 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

Oklahoma energy stocks had a split day in trading with only a few more firms recording gains than those that suffered losses.

A nearly 5% gain was recorded by Matrix Service Co. while LSB Industries dropped 4%.