BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• The November 25 crude oil contract opened at $57.73 and is currently priced at $57.05, reflecting a decline of $.49.
• The December 25 contract shows a similar trend, opening at $57.32 and dropping to $56.67, down by $.48.
• Today's trading volume is significantly lower than Friday's, with approximately 302,699 contracts exchanged compared to 899,578.
• There has been a decline in open interest, down by 47,624 contracts, with current open interest sitting at 2,083,655.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:00 PM Monday, October 20.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Friday's Volume
Nov 25	57.73	57.81	56.35	57.52	-.02	55573	82497
Dec 25	57.32	57.43	55.96	57.02	-.13	282645	359449
Jan 26	57.26	57.38	55.99	56.99	-.13	120115	150157
Feb 26	57.21	57.44	56.12	57.05	-.13	60587	69079
Mar 26	57.36	57.55	56.31	57.20	-.10	47999	52329
Apr 26	57.65	57.70	56.51	57.38	-.09	13615	17577
May 26	57.70	57.70	56.75	57.57	-.07	11213	13629
Jun 26	57.81	58.00	56.92	57.74	-.06	37721	61383
Jul 26	57.84	57.88	57.10	57.87	-.05	5658	8866
Aug 26	58.18	58.18	57.21	57.97	-.06	2480	2162
Sep 26	58.26	58.26	57.32	58.06	-.04	7531	9104
Oct 26	58.31	58.32	57.42	58.14	-.04	711	1026
Nov 26	58.62	58.62	57.85	58.24	-.03	590	1207
Dec 26	58.46	58.51	57.63	58.33	-.04	22845	45487
Jan 27				58.39	-.04	140	2873
Feb 27				58.47	-.03	103	266
Mar 27				58.58	-.01	436	665
Apr 27				58.71	-.01	28	121
May 27				58.86	0	6	66
Jun 27	58.94	59.00	58.52	59.01	0	5038	6927
Jul 27				59.12	+.01	899	10
Aug 27	59.01	59.01	59.01	59.22	+.01	915	2
Sep 27				59.34	+.01	95	61
Oct 27	59.26	59.26	59.26	59.47	+.01	1	1
Nov 27				59.62	+.01		11
Dec 27	59.65	59.76	59.21	59.77	+.01	9243	11874
Jan 28				59.87	+.01
Feb 28				59.97	+.01	1
Mar 28				60.08	0	11	11
Apr 28				60.21	-.01	2
May 28				60.35	-.01
Jun 28				60.48	-.01	205	413
Jul 28				60.55	-.01	10
Aug 28				60.64	-.01	11
Sep 28				60.76	-.01	3
Oct 28				60.88	-.02	9
Nov 28				61.02	-.01	10
Dec 28	61.03	61.13	60.89	61.15	-.01	2360	1990
Jan 29				61.23	-.01
Feb 29				61.31	-.01
Mar 29				61.39	-.01
Apr 29				61.47	-.01
May 29				61.57	-.01
Jun 29				61.70	-.01		7
Jul 29				61.77	-.02
Aug 29				61.81	-.02
Sep 29				61.84	-.03
Oct 29				61.89	-.04
Nov 29				62.02	-.04
Dec 29	62.01	62.02	61.97	62.15	-.04	250	308
Jan 30				62.22	-.04
Feb 30				62.27	-.04
Mar 30				62.30	-.04
Apr 30				62.35	-.03
May 30				62.41	-.03
Jun 30				62.50	-.03
Jul 30				62.53	-.03
Aug 30				62.56	-.03
Sep 30				62.61	-.03
Oct 30				62.68	-.03
Nov 30				62.74	-.03
Dec 30				62.79	-.03	1	17
Jun 31				62.94	-.04
Dec 31				63.11	-.04		3
Jun 32				63.16	-.05
Dec 32				63.24	-.05
Jun 33				63.26	-.07
Dec 33				63.25	-.08

Est vol 689,081

Fri.'s vol 899,578

Open int 2,083,655

Open Interest Change -46389