Summary Crude price rises were limited in Asian trade Thursday after Israel and Palestinian ceasefire.
New York s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in January, added 21 cents to $87.59 a barrel in the afternoon and Brent North Sea crude for January delivery advanced two cents to $110.88.
The Gaza ceasefire came into effect at 1900 GMT Wednesday and halted eight days of conflict between Israel and Hamas.
"A truce... eased concerns that a week of intensive Israeli fire on the Gaza Strip and militant rocket attacks out of the enclave could widen, engulfing regional oil exporters," Phillip Futures said in a report.
US jobs numbers helped boost prices, analysts said.
"Markets lifted... on better-than-expected jobs numbers out of the US," IG Markets said in a report.
Despite a disclaimer that numbers were distorted by the effects of Superstorm Sandy, traders still found cheer when official figures showed US jobless claims falling to 410,000 last week.
That marked a nine percent decline from the previous week s upwardly revised number of 451,000. Analysts on average had estimated claims in the world s largest economy and oil consumer would drop to 423,000.
