Shares of energy companies fell alongside oil futures ahead of jobs data.
Oil fell sharply for the third straight session, closing near the lowest levels of the summer at around $86 a barrel.
A strong reading of August jobs growth Friday could put the Federal Reserve under pressure to raise interest rates further, which could weigh on oil and energy commodities. A weak reading, on the other hand, could confirm fears of a descending recession.
Indications of a slowing in hiring in a private employer survey from ADP was an "incrementally negative signal" ahead of the Labor Department report, said analysts at brokerage Goldman Sachs Group, in a note to clients.
French energy major TotalEnergies received a letter from Ukraine's government to waive a dividend worth hundreds of millions of dollars from a Russian natural-gas giant PAO Novatek.
Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia's second-largest oil-and-gas giant, Lukoil, died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state media agency TASS. Mr. Maganov was the second senior Lukoil executive to die suddenly in recent months.
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