BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• Front-month August crude futures slipped 15 cents to $68.30, trading between $68.23 and $69.65.
• Prices fell across the curve, with September futures down 10 cents to $66.94 and longer-dated contracts around $63.31.
• Trading volume plunged to an estimated 289,250 from Friday’s 720,736 while open interest climbed by 3,239 to 2,067,782.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 10:00:00 AM Friday, July 18.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Thursday's Volume
Aug 25	67.60	68.96	67.43	68.21	+.67	31802	161828
Sep 25	66.31	67.54	66.12	66.88	+.65	113701	240293
Oct 25	65.24	66.33	65.04	65.76	+.61	48333	124865
Nov 25	64.54	65.49	64.35	65.03	+.60	21611	57393
Dec 25	64.05	64.90	63.87	64.51	+.57	41348	72149
Jan 26	63.70	64.51	63.61	64.34	+.70	11302	14335
Feb 26	63.39	64.24	63.39	64.00	+.56	6421	12211
Mar 26	63.29	64.05	63.29	63.83	+.52	14313	17706
Apr 26	63.46	63.91	63.26	63.81	+.58	3405	2240
May 26	63.41	63.77	63.41	63.67	+.50	960	1162
Jun 26	63.15	63.76	63.14	63.58	+.46	13236	15422
Jul 26	63.22	63.65	63.09	63.43	+.37	442	757
Aug 26	63.20	63.38	63.20	63.38	+.36	468	1197
Sep 26	63.00	63.03	63.00	63.00	+.02	1095	1846
Dec 26	63.06	63.55	62.92	63.35	+.32	10773	17864
Jun 27	63.06	63.52	63.06	63.39	+.29	2150	2504
Dec 27	63.27	63.61	63.16	63.41	+.15	2300	3323

Est vol 324,819

Thu.'s vol 749,398

Open int 2,111,976

Open Interest Change -55399