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  • Light sweet crude futures rose $0.95 to settle at $61.84 a barrel for July, marking gains of up to $0.95 across front-month and nearby contracts amid robust trading.
  • Heating oil futures climbed over 2 cents, with October’s contract up 2.08 cents to 207.67 cents per gallon, even as open interest fell by 4,567.
  • NY Harbor RBOB gasoline futures gained up to 1.77 cents, led by June’s rise to $2.0892 per gallon, while estimated sales eased from the prior session.
  • Natural gas futures plunged nearly 20 cents to close at $3.204 per mmBtu for June, extending a multi-session decline on mild weather forecasts and ample supplies.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in June.

xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday:

OpenHighLowSettleChg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Jul61.8363.0760.5560.94-.90
Aug61.1862.3959.9060.20-1.00
Sep60.5761.7359.3159.57-1.05
Oct60.1261.2258.8759.09-1.06
Nov59.8760.8858.6458.85-1.06
Dec59.7560.8158.5358.73-1.07
Jan60.0260.7658.5558.75-1.06
Feb60.2860.6858.6458.81-1.04
Mar59.8360.7958.7358.89-1.06
Apr60.3560.8858.9559.01-1.04
May60.3660.9559.0159.13-1.03
Jun60.1261.0759.0859.23-1.01
Jul59.1259.2759.1259.28-1.00
Aug59.32-.99
Sep60.7260.7259.3459.38-.99
Oct59.45-.99
Nov59.54-.99
Dec60.5261.3359.5459.64-.98
Jan59.68-.98
Feb59.72-.98
Mar59.79-.96
Apr59.87-.95
May59.98-.94
Jun61.4161.5360.1060.07-.94
Jul60.11-.94
Aug60.16-.93
Sep60.23-.91
Oct60.30-.90
Nov60.38-.89
Dec61.5361.8260.3860.46-.89
Jan60.49-.89
Feb60.54-.88
Mar60.60-.85
Apr60.66-.84
May60.74-.83
Jun60.80-.84
Jul60.83-.83
Aug60.87-.83
Sep60.91-.82
Oct60.97-.81
Nov61.04-.79
Dec62.2562.2561.1661.09-.78
Jan61.10-.77
Feb61.11-.77
Mar61.15-.76
Apr61.20-.75
May61.27-.75
Jun61.30-.74
Jul61.28-.73
Aug61.30-.72
Sep61.30-.72
Oct61.36-.71
Nov61.42-.70
Dec62.0062.0062.0061.47-.69
Jan61.44-.68
Feb61.44-.68
Mar61.45-.67
Apr61.49-.66
May61.54-.65
Jun61.57-.65
Jul61.53-.64
Aug61.55-.63
Sep61.54-.62
Oct61.55-.62
Nov61.57-.61
Dec61.62-.60
Jun61.62-.53
Dec61.7561.7561.7561.56-.47
Jun61.46-.42
Dec61.30-.38
Jun61.11-.30
Dec60.85-.32
Est. sales 818,158Wed.'s sales 670,967
Wed.'s open int 1,970,514down 18,294
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Jun208.70211.50204.62204.82-3.99
Jul206.69210.01203.20203.43-3.64
Aug205.82209.09202.34202.58-3.67
Sep206.49209.66202.96203.25-3.65
Oct207.68210.29203.70204.00-3.67
Nov208.13210.42203.93204.24-3.66
Dec207.43210.33203.80204.14-3.60
Jan209.56210.53204.14204.47-3.61
Feb206.46206.73203.93204.22-3.65
Mar205.79205.79202.99203.28-3.71
Apr203.07203.25201.46201.78-3.70
May202.79202.79201.00201.14-3.66
Jun205.63206.09200.76200.94-3.59
Jul201.62-3.53
Aug202.66203.31202.66202.40-3.46
Sep204.04204.04203.92203.27-3.38
Est. sales 129,554Wed.'s sales 147,682
Wed.'s open int 336,314down 6,698
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Jun2.09102.12302.04692.0594-298
Jul2.05952.09752.02652.0372-260
Aug2.03582.06872.00082.0100-260
Sep1.99992.03061.96411.9727-266
Oct1.85131.87731.81371.8212-274
Nov1.81001.82661.76431.7708-288
Dec1.77721.79451.73181.7379-299
Jan1.78161.78161.72231.7269-303
Feb1.75121.75121.73071.7340-304
Mar1.76881.77041.74961.7531-308
Apr1.96541.96541.94481.9472-312
May1.95131.95131.95131.9533-316
Jun2.00292.00481.94641.9487-316
Jul1.9348-316
Aug1.9141-316
Sep1.8862-316
Oct1.7534-315
Nov1.7209-315
Dec1.74201.74201.74101.7021-314
Jan1.6998-314
Feb1.7134-313
Mar1.7312-312
Apr1.9249-312
May1.9319-311
Jun1.9349-311
Jul1.9253-310
Aug1.9116-309
Sep1.8839-309
Oct1.7570-308
Nov1.7310-308
Dec1.7166-305
Jan1.7152-305
Feb1.7284-305
Mar1.7480-305
Apr1.9371-305
May1.9538-305
Jun1.9496-305
Est. sales 153,325Wed.'s sales 166,884
Wed.'s open int 396,829down 6,078
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Jul3.5353.5763.4373.522-35
Aug3.6193.6493.5213.603-29
Sep3.5993.6273.5033.585-26
Oct3.6873.7143.5963.676-24
Nov4.0554.0773.9594.038-24
Dec4.5694.5854.4774.553-21
Jan4.8504.8604.7564.824-27
Feb4.5844.5844.4864.554-27
Mar4.1624.1624.0554.119-31
Apr3.8523.8653.7663.821-27
May3.8493.8613.7673.817-29
Jun4.0144.0183.9363.983-27
Jul4.1914.1914.1124.157-28
Aug4.2394.2394.1604.204-28
Sep4.1894.1894.1074.153-31
Oct4.2324.2324.1494.193-35
Nov4.4054.4054.3254.368-34
Dec4.7564.7564.6824.720-37
Jan4.9864.9864.9104.949-41
Feb4.5974.5974.5614.580-27
Mar3.9663.9663.9243.940-30
Apr3.4763.4803.4493.466-21
May3.4493.4533.4303.431-25
Jun3.5973.5973.5713.571-29
Jul3.7533.7553.7373.755-8
Aug3.7873.8003.7873.800-10
Sep3.7453.7483.7443.747-23
Oct3.8303.8303.7953.795-30
Nov3.9693.9963.9693.995-10
Dec4.3734.3974.3734.381-31
Sep3.6253.6253.6253.625-5
Dec4.3214.3214.3214.3210
Apr2.8002.8002.8002.800-12
Apr2.7202.7202.7202.720-35
Est. sales 419,868Wed.'s sales 461,040
Wed.'s open int 1,470,278up 21,924

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