Gas Market Update

March natural gas NGH15, -1.12%  fell by 0.8% to $2.58 per million British thermal units, set to log a loss of 4.2% for the week.

Gasoline Market Update

 Reformulated gasoline blendstock for March RBH5, +2.64% — the benchmark gasoline contract — rose 2.3% to $1.559 a gallon, ending 5.4% higher for the week. March heating oil HOH5, +2.31%  settled at $1.84, up 1.8% for the session to score a weekly gain of 8.1%.

Oil futures score 7.2% weekly gain

Crude-oil futures climbed on Friday to score a 7.2% gain for the week, finding support from an upbeat U.S. jobs report and a drop in the number of active drilling rigs.

Sweet crude futures for delivery in March CLH5, +3.68%  settled at $51.69 a barrel, up $1.21, or 2.4%, for the session.

Brent crude for March delivery LCOH5, +2.81%  on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $1.23, or 2.2%, to $57.80 a barrel — 9.4% higher for the week.

Market Closing Update

MALAYSIAN shares ended higher on Friday with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index adding 10.04 points to close at 1,813.25.

Some 1.92 billion lots, valued at RM2.15 billion were traded. Gainers numbered 512 while losers numbered 291.

Forex Market Update : Epic Research Malaysia

The dollar was slightly lower against the yen early Friday, with investors sitting on sidelines ahead of closely monitored U.S. jobs data for January later in the day.

The dollar USDJPY, -0.21%  was down to ¥117.30 compared with ¥117.54 late Thursday in New York.

The euro EURUSD, -0.17%  was at $1.1469 from $1.1485 and at EURJPY, -0.39%  ¥134.50 from ¥134.98.

The WSJ Dollar Index BUXX, -0.06% a measure of the dollar against a basket of major currencies, was down 0.04% at 84.92.