BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• Crude oil prices are showing a positive trend as of August 25, with the October contract closing at $64.63, up by $0.97.
• The daily trading volume for the October contract was 73,057, significantly lower than the prior trading volume of 206,558.
• Overall, the market's open interest is recorded at 1,951,764, with a decrease of 22,043 in open interest.
• The highs and lows for crude oil revealed volatility, as the October contract saw a high of $64.71 and a low of $63.53.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:00 PM Wednesday, August 27.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Tuesday's Volume
Oct 25	63.31	64.23	62.95	64.15	+.90	175360	183762
Nov 25	62.82	63.67	62.49	63.59	+.79	96337	77978
Dec 25	62.51	63.20	62.14	63.13	+.67	93188	74327
Jan 26	62.27	62.90	61.94	62.84	+.59	46688	23083
Feb 26	62.22	62.70	61.80	62.65	+.53	22801	9817
Mar 26	62.17	62.59	61.76	62.54	+.48	24176	16320
Apr 26	61.87	62.51	61.75	62.47	+.44	8615	3793
May 26	61.92	62.44	61.82	62.41	+.41	9958	3873
Jun 26	62.09	62.42	61.70	62.35	+.38	27855	18199
Jul 26	61.77	62.30	61.68	62.27	+.35	2351	2908
Aug 26	62.00	62.28	61.69	62.21	+.35	1949	2487
Sep 26	61.76	62.23	61.64	62.16	+.34	9068	3738
Oct 26	62.04	62.17	62.04	62.13	+.33	318	684
Nov 26				62.13	+.31	148	750
Dec 26	61.96	62.25	61.58	62.13	+.30	17864	19427
Jan 27	62.06	62.10	62.06	62.09	+.29	119	455
Feb 27				62.06	+.29	710	359
Mar 27				62.05	+.28	298	315
Apr 27				62.07	+.27	133	451
May 27				62.12	+.25	913	295
Jun 27	61.94	62.19	61.78	62.18	+.25	3577	2857
Jul 27				62.18	+.24	869	64
Aug 27				62.20	+.23	51	35
Sep 27				62.25	+.23	91	144
Oct 27				62.30	+.23	22	41
Nov 27				62.37	+.22	15	8
Dec 27	62.38	62.53	62.04	62.44	+.21	2725	3936
Jan 28	62.32	62.32	62.32	62.46	+.20	13	32
Feb 28				62.47	+.19	5	8
Mar 28				62.50	+.18
Apr 28				62.54	+.18		1
May 28	62.44	62.44	62.44	62.61	+.18	1
Jun 28	62.50	62.59	62.50	62.68	+.18	534	387
Jul 28				62.70	+.18
Aug 28				62.72	+.17
Sep 28				62.76	+.17
Oct 28				62.82	+.17
Nov 28				62.90	+.17
Dec 28	62.70	62.78	62.70	62.93	+.15	919	956
Jan 29				62.91	+.14
Feb 29				62.95	+.14
Mar 29				63.00	+.14
Apr 29				63.05	+.14
May 29				63.03	+.13
Jun 29				63.09	+.13		2
Jul 29				63.10	+.13
Aug 29				63.11	+.13
Sep 29				63.14	+.13
Oct 29				63.17	+.12
Nov 29				63.22	+.12
Dec 29				63.27	+.12	30	89
Jan 30				63.26	+.12
Feb 30				63.26	+.12
Mar 30				63.27	+.13
Apr 30				63.28	+.13
May 30				63.32	+.13
Jun 30				63.35	+.13
Jul 30				63.33	+.13
Aug 30				63.32	+.13
Sep 30				63.34	+.13
Oct 30				63.37	+.13
Nov 30				63.41	+.13
Dec 30				63.44	+.13	6
Jun 31				63.41	+.13
Dec 31				63.46	+.13
Jun 32				63.37	+.13
Dec 32				63.32	+.13
Jun 33				63.13	+.13
Dec 33				63.01	+.13

Est vol 547,710

Tue.'s vol 451,581

Open int 1,945,356

Open Interest Change -32813