BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• August crude futures settled at $73.63 per barrel, down $0.21 from Friday’s close.
• September and October contracts also dipped, with September at $71.94 (−$0.07) and October at $70.46 (−$0.03).
• Trading volume dropped to an estimated 642,499 contracts versus Friday’s 1,747,596, while open interest rose by 16,148 to 1,941,093.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:00 PM Tuesday, June 24.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Monday's Volume
Aug 25	67.74	67.83	64.00	64.37	-4.14	509622	704203
Sep 25	66.48	66.64	62.84	63.15	-4.12	227745	310540
Oct 25	65.53	65.69	62.00	62.22	-4.06	105081	155258
Nov 25	65.21	65.21	61.53	61.67	-3.97	68965	96587
Dec 25	64.50	64.61	61.31	61.40	-3.83	175128	219162
Jan 26	64.26	64.26	61.20	61.30	-3.67	38778	51210
Feb 26	62.16	63.82	61.19	61.28	-3.52	26426	37300
Mar 26	63.07	63.79	61.29	61.31	-3.37	40057	50643
Apr 26	62.94	63.50	61.45	61.37	-3.20	11848	15595
May 26	62.83	63.51	61.45	61.44	-3.04	6741	7222
Jun 26	63.89	63.89	61.41	61.50	-2.86	63209	67012
Jul 26	62.25	62.25	61.66	61.52	-2.70	4261	4237
Aug 26	61.87	61.87	61.37	61.54	-2.57	1243	1960
Sep 26	62.79	62.79	61.73	61.57	-2.45	9649	6159
Oct 26	62.11	62.50	62.11	61.61	-2.34	1069	1401
Nov 26	61.98	61.98	61.79	61.68	-2.24	1187	1681
Dec 26	63.53	63.56	61.70	61.75	-2.15	75869	78277
Jan 27	61.96	62.56	61.77	61.77	-2.05	951	980
Feb 27				61.78	-1.95	489	418
Mar 27	62.90	62.90	62.90	61.82	-1.84	875	1349
Apr 27				61.89	-1.75	174	249
May 27				61.99	-1.67	208	195
Jun 27	62.30	63.37	61.90	62.07	-1.61	8664	8596
Jul 27				62.09	-1.55	292	468
Aug 27				62.12	-1.47	40	35
Sep 27				62.17	-1.41	124	252
Oct 27				62.22	-1.36	40	40
Nov 27				62.30	-1.31	1	34
Dec 27	62.97	63.55	62.03	62.38	-1.24	16555	14087
Jan 28				62.40	-1.17	1	39
Feb 28				62.41	-1.11	3	32
Mar 28				62.44	-1.07	2	26
Apr 28				62.48	-1.02
May 28				62.54	-.99
Jun 28	62.47	63.38	62.47	62.58	-.98	265	432
Jul 28				62.57	-.95
Aug 28				62.57	-.92
Sep 28				62.60	-.89
Oct 28				62.62	-.86
Nov 28				62.68	-.84
Dec 28	62.49	63.63	62.49	62.72	-.81	3213	2084
Jan 29				62.69	-.78
Feb 29				62.68	-.78
Mar 29				62.71	-.76
Apr 29				62.75	-.74
May 29				62.77	-.73
Jun 29	64.23	64.23	64.22	62.78	-.71	26	27
Jul 29				62.73	-.70
Aug 29				62.74	-.68
Sep 29				62.71	-.67
Oct 29				62.74	-.66
Nov 29				62.78	-.64
Dec 29				62.80	-.63	602	355
Jan 30				62.75	-.61
Feb 30				62.73	-.59
Mar 30				62.72	-.57
Apr 30				62.75	-.55
May 30				62.77	-.53
Jun 30				62.78	-.51	2	2
Jul 30				62.73	-.51
Aug 30				62.71	-.52
Sep 30				62.70	-.52
Oct 30				62.69	-.52
Nov 30				62.70	-.53
Dec 30				62.72	-.53	35	39
Jun 31				62.63	-.47
Dec 31				62.49	-.46	20	3
Jun 32				62.33	-.40
Dec 32				62.08	-.43	10	1
Jun 33				61.83	-.43
Dec 33				61.55	-.43

Est vol 1,399,470

Mon.'s vol 1,838,190

Open int 1,984,353

Open Interest Change -4194