BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• As of October 6, light sweet crude oil prices showed a slight increase, with the November contract closing at $61.45 per barrel.
• The daily trading volume for November contracts was 94,390, significantly lower than the previous day's volume of 210,950.
• Overall, open interest is reported at 2,058,888, reflecting a decrease of 13,898 contracts.
• Prices for subsequent contracts (December through February) also reported modest increases, closing between $60.66 and $61.09.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 10:00:00 AM Wednesday, October 08.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Tuesday's Volume
Nov 25	62.05	62.81	62.05	62.36	+.63	99006	215182
Dec 25	61.67	62.29	61.61	61.84	+.52	67723	147988
Jan 26	61.37	61.96	61.30	61.51	+.45	37601	70139
Feb 26	61.20	61.75	61.12	61.31	+.42	14831	32415
Mar 26	61.09	61.63	61.05	61.20	+.40	20645	36815
Apr 26	61.06	61.55	61.01	61.14	+.37	4142	10642
May 26	61.07	61.55	60.99	61.16	+.39	4331	8260
Jun 26	61.06	61.55	61.01	61.14	+.35	15424	30084
Jul 26	61.08	61.49	61.05	61.11	+.34	1235	4222
Aug 26	61.13	61.41	61.02	61.09	+.35	425	1959
Sep 26	61.10	61.42	60.91	61.04	+.32	1849	6648
Oct 26	60.99	61.27	60.94	60.94	+.23	332	970
Nov 26	61.02	61.33	60.98	61.02	+.31	349	903
Dec 26	60.98	61.41	60.89	61.02	+.29	12590	29516
Jun 27	61.26	61.56	61.20	61.27	+.30	1302	4965
Dec 27	61.64	61.96	61.57	61.72	+.29	1308	4077
Dec 28	62.57	62.73	62.43	62.55	+.19	164	708
Dec 29	63.32	63.32	63.32	63.32	+.24	37	100
Dec 30	63.62	63.62	63.62	63.62	+.12	67	99
Dec 31	63.80	63.90	63.80	63.90	+.19	43	65

Est vol 284,574

Tue.'s vol 607,312

Open int 2,062,695

Open Interest Change -26272