Oil rises on U.S. jobless drop, OPEC+ meeting hopes

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday after an unexpected fall in the monthly U.S. jobless rate and OPEC's decision to bring forward to Saturday discussions on whether to extend record production cuts.Brent crude futures were up $2.40, or 6.0%, at $42.39 a barrel as of 1243 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $2.05, or 5.48%, to $39.46 a barrel.The U.S. Labor Department showed a surprise fall in the jobless rate to 13.3% last month from 14.7% in April. Brent has..