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Oil prices rose on Friday but fell for a third straight week in a row. “Crude is trying to reverse the recent washout in prices triggered by higher interest rates and recession fears mostly in the banking sector,” said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president of trading at BOK Financial. A better-than-expected jobs report helped ease some fears of an imminent economic downtown, spurred in part by trouble in the banking sector. Also weighing on prices was poor factory activity data out of China for the month of April. WTI traded up $2.78 or 4.1% to close at $71.34. Brent traded up $2.80 or -3.9% to close at $75.30.