NEW YORK: Oil prices fell Friday as a stronger dollar made the commodity more expensive and a closely watched US unemployment report came in below expectations. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February fell 35 cents to close at $88.03 per barrel. The futures contract had lost almost $2 Thursday. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February settled at $93.33 per barrel, down $1.19 from Thursday's close. The euro fell to $1.2925 in in New York from $1.3014 late Thursday. The British pound rose to $1.5560 from $1.5474. The dollar fell to 82.97 Japanese yen from 83.28 yen.
