Oil prices traded nearly 3% higher Friday, after reports that President Donald Trump said he would “love not to use” the military to attack Iran, but “sometimes you have to.” April West Texas Intermediate crude rose 2.

Oil prices rose about 3% on Friday as traders remained on alert for potential supply disruptions after the United States and Iran extended nuclear talks.

Oil prices were set to end the week on a stronger footing after talks between the U.S. and Iran over a deal to end Tehran's nuclear ambitions failed to end in agreement. Front-month April futures for West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 3.

Crude oil prices jumped Friday as worries about a possible US attack on Iran rose while Wall Street stocks slid as tech stocks suffered.

Oil futures settled mixed in rangebound trade with the market taking a cautious approach ahead of Thursday’s U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.

Oil prices fell on Thursday after the biggest jump in U.S. crude inventories in three years, with signs of weakness in the physical oil market also weighing