U.S. crude oil prices were stable in early Asian trading on Friday after bouncing away from 12-year lows the previous day as rallying financial markets gave some traders reason to cash in on record short positions. Front-month West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures (CLc1) were trading at $29.82 per barrel at 0056 GMT (1956 EDT), up 29 cents from their last settlement and over $3.50 above 2003 lows reached earlier this week.