U.S. crude futures jump $2 on supply data, dollar

NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures jumped more than $2 on Wednesday after a government inventory report showed crude supplies fell last week and as the dollar's weakness and strong equities markets added lift.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange at 12:36 p.m EDT (1636 GMT), August crude CLQ9 was up $2.27, or 3.81 percent, at $61.79 a barrel, trading from $59.65 to $61.82. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons)