West Texas Intermediate crude climbed as U.S. payrolls exceeded their pre-recession peak, signaling greater fuel demand. Brent slipped as world leaders at D-Day commemorations in France discussed the Ukraine crisis. Futures rose 0.2 percent in New York after the Labor Department said the number of jobs grew 217,000 in May, following a 282,000 gain in April. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Barack Obama and held his first talks with Ukraine’s new leader, Petro Poroshenko, as France used the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy to seek a breakthrough in the Ukraine crisis. “The jobs number is being perceived as a positive sign for the overall economy and bullish for demand,” said Bob Yawger, director of the futures division at Mizuho Securities USA Inc. in New York. “We’ll be keeping an eye on events in France today and see if the leaders and officials gathered […]