By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 2% on Friday after top crude importer China widened its COVID-19 curbs, though the crude benchmarks were poised for a weekly gain on supply concerns and surprisingly strong economic data. Brent futures fell $1.41, or 1.5%, to $95.55 a barrel by 12:27 p.m. EDT (1627 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $1.25, or 1.4%, to $87.83. U.S. gasoline futures dropped about 6%, while U.S. diesel futures rose about 3% to their highest since mid June. “Diesel (was) still (the) strongest component of complex (with) shorts being squee…