NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures extended gains to more than $2 a barrel on Tuesday ahead of inventory reports forecast to show that domestic crude stocks fell last week and as the euro rallied against the dollar.
Prices were down earlier on concerns the euro zone debt crisis will spread to Italy and Spain and that the region's leaders are failing to stop the contagion.
On the New York Mercantile Exchahnge at 2:15 pm. EDT (1815
GMT), crude for August delivery