Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 44 cents, or 2.7%, to close at $16.94 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 11 cents, or 0.5%, $21.44 a barrel.

Wholesale gasoline rose 2 cents to 66 cents a gallon. Heating oil fell 9 cents to 65 cents a gallon. Natural gas fell 7 cents to $1.75 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Gold fell $9.80 to $1,735.60 an ounce, silver fell 9 cents to $15.26 an ounce and copper rose 3 cents to $2.34 a pound.

The dollar fell to 107.44 Japanese yen from 107.61 yen. The euro rose to $1.0798 from $1.0785.