NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Brent and U.S. crude futures pushed higher on Thursday after briefly paring gains on a government report showing initial jobless claims fell last week in the United States, but from a revised higher level the previous week.
Oil prices had already jumped a few minutes before the jobless claims data after a supportive report from industry on private sector hiring in June.
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