Investing.com - Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged down by a surging dollar and sliding Chinese commodities which at least temporarily outweighed crude supply disruptions in Canada as a result of a massive wildfire threatening its huge oil sands operations.
Brent crude futures were trading at $44.69 per barrel at 11:52 ET, 32 cents below their last settlement.
U.S. crude futures were at $44.06, down 26 cents.
Traders said that a broad sell-off in China's commodities market, which turned a recent rally into a slide, was also weighing on oil during Asian trading hours.