Light, sweet crude oil for July delivery advanced $1.02 to $73.35 a barrel and July Brent crude futures on London''s ICE Futures advanced $1.03 to $72.06 per barrel. In morning trading, the dollar fell against the euro. The European currency advanced to $1.2979 - the highest it has been since May 5 last year. It then pulled back slightly to $1.2957, up from $1.2917 late Friday in New York. The British pound advanced to $1.8856 from $1.8828 on Friday, while the dollar edged up slightly to buy 111.78 Japanese yen, from 111.62 in New York.