SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased in Asia Monday as an increase in US drilling activity and a strong dollar reversed gains from last week's better-than-forecast US jobs report.

The commodity eked out modest gains Friday after data showed the world's top economy created 287,000 jobs were added in June following a dismal rise in May.

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