West Texas Intermediate crude traded near the highest intraday price in three days amid signs that economic growth is being sustained in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil consumer. Brent also rose in London . Futures were up as much as 0.6 percent in New York . A Labor Department report showed U.S. employment exceeded the pre-recession peak for the first time. Russia and Ukraine plan another round of bilateral natural gas talks today after President Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated June 7 in Kiev. Ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries say they will probably leave their oil-production target unchanged when they meet this week in Vienna. “The good jobs data from the U.S. at the end of last week are supporting prices,” Christopher Bellew , a senior broker at Jefferies Bache Ltd. in London, said by e-mail. “The key words this week will be Libya , Ukraine […]