Expectations of a short-term global decline in oil demand and a modest increase in U.S. unemployment sent crude oil prices lower in early Thursday trading. Brent crude oil prices ended a string of gains Thursday to fall nearly a full percentage point to $65.07 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, sold for $60.79, down 1 percent from the previous close. The U.S. Labor Department said Thursday initial claims for unemployment insurance increased 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 279,000 for the week ending June 6. Low oil prices have left workers in the energy sector struggling, though federal data show more jobs gained overall in Texas, the No. 1 oil producer, but fewer in North Dakota, the country’s second-largest oil producer. […]