oil ends higher; Natural gas prices post a weekly loss of more than 20%

Oil futures closed higher on Friday, while natural gas futures extended losses for a sixth straight day to end the week down more than 20%.

price action

• West Texas Intermediate Crude for December delivery
  CL.1,
  +0.75%

  CL00,
  +0.75%

  CLZ22,
  +0.75%,
  the US benchmark rose 54 cents, or 0.6%, to $85.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week…