BC-Crude Futures

Key Points

• Light sweet crude futures for June delivery dipped 15 cents to $62.34 per barrel, trading between $61.57 and $63.00.
• Nearby contracts also fell, with July down 18 cents to $61.79 and December off 32 cents to $60.64.
• Trading volume dropped sharply to an estimated 257,458 contracts from Friday’s 660,439, signaling lighter participation.
• Open interest fell by 20,246 contracts to 1,908,389, indicating traders pared back positions.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:12 PM Tuesday, May 20.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Monday's Volume
Jun 25	62.68	63.17	62.19	62.56	-.13	20481	56767
Jul 25	62.15	62.63	61.48	62.03	-.11	233701	284271
Aug 25	61.50	61.97	60.89	61.44	-.05	97391	116435
Sep 25	60.94	61.36	60.36	60.89	0	77435	107323
Oct 25	60.41	60.89	59.96	60.50	+.07	54271	58540
Nov 25	60.22	60.61	59.75	60.29	+.13	31542	30696
Dec 25	60.07	60.49	59.68	60.21	+.16	64151	84829
Jan 26	60.14	60.47	59.71	60.22	+.19	12793	12727
Feb 26	60.00	60.28	59.87	60.27	+.21	6149	7983
Mar 26	60.03	60.56	59.86	60.34	+.22	13123	11860
Apr 26	60.12	60.41	60.12	60.42	+.22	2603	1978
May 26	60.21	60.68	60.00	60.51	+.23	2036	1180
Jun 26	60.38	60.83	60.08	60.59	+.24	20287	22828
Jul 26				60.63	+.26	1716	669
Aug 26				60.67	+.26	1151	375
Sep 26	60.93	60.93	60.93	60.73	+.26	2330	1295
Oct 26				60.81	+.27	508	229
Nov 26				60.90	+.28	355	239
Dec 26	60.76	61.25	60.53	60.99	+.28	20240	28716
Jan 27				61.03	+.28	453	218
Feb 27				61.07	+.29	36	379
Mar 27				61.13	+.29	86	959
Apr 27				61.20	+.29	65	99
May 27				61.31	+.30	15	58
Jun 27	61.16	61.66	61.08	61.42	+.31	5047	5354
Jul 27				61.48	+.32	47	25
Aug 27				61.53	+.32	10	57
Sep 27				61.60	+.33	44	1
Oct 27				61.67	+.33		15
Nov 27				61.75	+.33	100	20
Dec 27	61.55	62.07	61.44	61.84	+.33	4771	7427
Jan 28				61.89	+.35	120	4
Feb 28				61.93	+.35	10	4
Mar 28				61.97	+.34		4
Apr 28				62.03	+.34		4
May 28				62.11	+.34		43
Jun 28				62.19	+.34	10	105
Jul 28				62.20	+.34
Aug 28				62.20	+.33
Sep 28				62.26	+.33
Oct 28				62.32	+.33
Nov 28				62.38	+.33
Dec 28	62.35	62.73	62.26	62.45	+.33	1382	1450
Jan 29				62.45	+.33
Feb 29				62.46	+.33
Mar 29				62.49	+.33
Apr 29				62.53	+.32
May 29				62.60	+.32
Jun 29				62.63	+.32
Jul 29				62.60	+.32
Aug 29				62.61	+.33
Sep 29				62.62	+.33
Oct 29				62.67	+.33
Nov 29				62.72	+.34
Dec 29	62.89	62.89	62.89	62.76	+.34	165	140
Jan 30				62.73	+.34
Feb 30				62.72	+.34
Mar 30				62.72	+.34
Apr 30				62.75	+.34
May 30				62.78	+.34
Jun 30				62.82	+.34	5
Jul 30				62.78	+.34
Aug 30				62.78	+.34
Sep 30				62.76	+.35
Oct 30				62.76	+.35
Nov 30				62.77	+.35
Dec 30				62.81	+.35	3	7
Jun 31				62.75	+.42
Dec 31				62.63	+.50	2
Jun 32				62.39	+.52
Dec 32				62.19	+.65	1
Jun 33				61.87	+.65
Dec 33				61.52	+.65

Est vol 674,701

Mon.'s vol 845,313

Open int 1,913,238

Open Interest Change -21254