Oil futures ticked higher Friday to finish 5.3% up from a week earlier on expectations that a surprisingly robust jobs report means stronger demand for oil. Light, sweet crude for January delivery settled up 27 cents, or 0.3%, to $97.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, a fresh one-month high. Prices have gained for six straight sessions and hit fresh five-week highs in each of the last four. Brent crude on the ICE futures exchange gained $1.92, or 1.75%, to settle at $111.61 a barrel. The U.S. added 203,000 new jobs in November, more than expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.0%, according to the Labor Department. Gasoline futures climbed […]