BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• The front-month August crude futures rose $0.32 to $67.32, extending gains for a second consecutive session.
• Nearby contracts also posted modest increases, with September up $0.21 at $65.83 and October up $0.10 at $64.50.
• Estimated trading volume fell to 256,538 contracts from Thursday’s 629,570, indicating lighter market participation.
• Open interest declined by 38,969 contracts to 2,032,588, suggesting a pullback in new positions.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:00 PM Friday, July 11.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Thursday's Volume
Aug 25	66.85	68.77	66.50	68.45	+1.88	192648	236470
Sep 25	65.69	67.37	65.30	67.04	+1.66	149507	184083
Oct 25	64.49	66.10	64.15	65.77	+1.53	98611	114892
Nov 25	63.61	65.22	63.38	64.90	+1.44	62198	70215
Dec 25	63.09	64.61	62.87	64.32	+1.38	79451	82925
Jan 26	62.80	64.23	62.64	63.98	+1.31	19401	21844
Feb 26	62.63	64.01	62.49	63.76	+1.25	9879	15883
Mar 26	62.52	63.89	62.37	63.63	+1.21	22080	29209
Apr 26	62.43	63.74	62.39	63.54	+1.17	3687	6475
May 26	62.79	63.54	62.79	63.47	+1.13	3699	3039
Jun 26	62.35	63.66	62.25	63.42	+1.11	23643	24862
Jul 26	62.32	63.54	62.31	63.37	+1.09	1669	2229
Aug 26	63.45	63.50	63.35	63.33	+1.07	758	1033
Sep 26	63.33	63.41	63.33	63.30	+1.04	2238	2278
Oct 26				63.29	+1.02	407	178
Nov 26				63.31	+1.01	241	71
Dec 26	62.37	63.56	62.27	63.34	+1.01	22658	23099
Jan 27	63.42	63.48	63.23	63.31	+1.00	586	395
Feb 27				63.28	+.99	62	245
Mar 27				63.27	+.97	149	1021
Apr 27				63.28	+.95	37	15
May 27				63.33	+.94	30	47
Jun 27	62.41	63.52	62.41	63.37	+.92	4412	5055
Jul 27				63.35	+.90	103	129
Aug 27				63.35	+.89	54	6
Sep 27				63.37	+.87	180	224
Oct 27				63.39	+.85	27	3
Nov 27				63.43	+.84	13	8
Dec 27	62.61	63.62	62.60	63.47	+.83	8338	5580
Jan 28				63.46	+.82	10	9
Feb 28				63.46	+.81	2	34
Mar 28				63.47	+.80		14
Apr 28				63.48	+.78	2
May 28				63.52	+.77
Jun 28	63.56	63.56	63.41	63.53	+.75	496	619
Jul 28				63.51	+.75
Aug 28				63.50	+.74
Sep 28				63.50	+.72
Oct 28				63.51	+.72
Nov 28				63.54	+.71
Dec 28	63.36	63.36	63.36	63.54	+.68	2296	1124
Jan 29				63.49	+.67
Feb 29				63.47	+.67
Mar 29				63.47	+.66
Apr 29				63.47	+.65
May 29				63.50	+.65
Jun 29				63.47	+.64
Jul 29				63.40	+.63
Aug 29				63.41	+.63
Sep 29				63.35	+.62
Oct 29				63.36	+.61
Nov 29				63.39	+.61
Dec 29				63.40	+.60	970	238
Jan 30				63.33	+.60
Feb 30				63.29	+.60
Mar 30				63.26	+.60
Apr 30				63.28	+.59
May 30				63.28	+.59
Jun 30				63.27	+.59
Jul 30				63.20	+.59
Aug 30				63.18	+.59
Sep 30				63.16	+.59
Oct 30				63.13	+.58
Nov 30				63.13	+.58
Dec 30				63.14	+.58	564	4
Jun 31				62.93	+.57
Dec 31				62.73	+.59	23	2
Jun 32				62.47	+.60
Dec 32				62.21	+.63	9	1
Jun 33				61.92	+.63
Dec 33				61.56	+.63

Est vol 711,152

Thu.'s vol 833,558

Open int 2,057,266

Open Interest Change -18608