Crude-oil futures were lower in Asian trading hours Friday, as investors weighed recent positive U.S. economic data, the possibility of early tapering by the Federal Reserve and ongoing talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in January traded at $95.17 a barrel at 0439 GMT, down $0.27 in the Globex electronic session. January Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.22 to $109.86 a barrel. Both oil benchmarks had surged in overnight floor trade. Nymex West Texas Intermediate has settled higher for two of the past three sessions. “WTI is much more sensitive to data emerging from the U.S. than Brent. Although WTI has dropped significantly due to rising production and inventory levels in the U.S., it touched its highest level in three weeks on unemployment data in the U.S.,” Vyanne Lai, analyst at National Australia Bank Ltd. […]