U.S. oil futures ended Friday with a small rally to gain 1%, after a volatile week driven by geopolitical disruptions in Ukraine and the appearance of bearish fundamental factors in domestic supply data. Prices for West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.02, or 1%, to settle at $102.58 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The global Brent contract finished up 90 cents, or 0.8%, at $109.00. The ending price for the U.S. benchmark was just one cent below its level a week ago, meaning, essentially, the past week’s bullish and bearish factors in the market canceled out each other. “If we look at what happened for week as whole, we’re virtually unchanged on the week,” said Citigroup analyst Tim Evans. “If you put the week in perspective, we tested the upside on the Ukraine story, then we tested the downside, and then parked the nearby WTI price almost […]