UPDATE 9-Oil up modestly on volatile Wall Street; awaits jobs, rig data

... before edging up to settle modestly higher. "Early strength and a late fade," Donald Morton, an oil trader with Fairfield, Connecticut-based Herbert J. Sims & Co., said, describing the action. Brent's front-month contract, settled up 18 cents at ...

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