Oil prices fell Thursday as bullish comments from top global oil officials were offset by macroeconomic data and changing expectations around monetary policy. Oil prices, along with other commodities including copper, gold and silver, were strongly positive in early trading, with oil trading at five-month highs. But U.S. employment data and comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi led to a surge in the U.S. dollar, which in turn weighed on commodity prices, analysts and brokers said. Mr. Draghi’s comments, in which he said European interest rates would remain at current or lower levels for an extended period , were interpreted by the market as a sign that further stimulus measures there were a possibility. That weighed on the euro, which sparked the dollar rally. Meanwhile, the U.S. Labor Department reported surprisingly strong jobs data on Thursday, with the number of American workers applying for jobless claims falling […]