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

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Jul	60.94	61.72	59.74	60.79	-.15
Aug	60.19	60.93	58.87	59.79	-.41
Sep	59.54	60.25	58.17	59.00	-.57
Oct	59.01	59.77	57.71	58.46	-.63
Nov	58.76	59.41	57.50	58.20	-.65
Dec	58.62	59.37	57.44	58.12	-.61
Jan	58.68	59.33	57.55	58.14	-.61
Feb	58.78	59.20	57.72	58.23	-.58
Mar	58.65	59.41	57.92	58.36	-.53
Apr	59.53	59.53	57.92	58.50	-.51
May	59.61	59.62	58.32	58.64	-.49
Jun	59.12	59.72	58.17	58.76	-.47
Jul	59.52	59.52	58.85	58.83	-.45
Aug	58.90	58.90	58.90	58.90	-.42
Sep	59.83	59.83	58.70	58.98	-.40
Oct	59.95	59.95	59.07	59.07	-.38
Nov	58.85	59.16	58.85	59.19	-.35
Dec	59.52	60.15	58.75	59.30	-.34
Jan				59.35	-.33
Feb				59.40	-.32
Mar				59.48	-.31
Apr				59.58	-.29
May				59.71	-.27
Jun	59.91	60.29	59.41	59.81	-.26
Jul				59.86	-.25
Aug				59.93	-.23
Sep				60.01	-.22
Oct				60.10	-.20
Nov				60.18	-.20
Dec	60.27	60.83	59.86	60.28	-.18
Jan				60.32	-.17
Feb				60.37	-.17
Mar				60.43	-.17
Apr				60.49	-.17
May				60.58	-.16
Jun				60.68	-.12
Jul				60.71	-.12
Aug				60.76	-.11
Sep				60.80	-.11
Oct				60.86	-.11
Nov				60.94	-.10
Dec	60.85	60.85	60.61	60.99	-.10
Jan				61.00	-.10
Feb				61.02	-.09
Mar				61.06	-.09
Apr				61.12	-.08
May				61.19	-.08
Jun				61.23	-.07
Jul				61.21	-.07
Aug				61.24	-.06
Sep				61.24	-.06
Oct				61.30	-.06
Nov				61.37	-.05
Dec	61.20	61.20	61.20	61.42	-.05
Jan				61.39	-.05
Feb				61.40	-.04
Mar				61.41	-.04
Apr				61.45	-.04
May				61.51	-.03
Jun				61.54	-.03
Jul				61.50	-.03
Aug				61.53	-.02
Sep				61.52	-.02
Oct				61.53	-.02
Nov				61.56	-.01
Dec	61.50	61.50	61.50	61.61	-.01
Jun				61.61	-.01
Dec				61.56	0
Jun				61.44	-.02
Dec				61.27	-.03
Jun				61.08	-.03
Dec				60.82	-.03
	Est. sales 1,110,478	Thu.'s sales 855,701
	Thu.'s open int 1,979,032	down 9,615
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Jun	204.48	206.01	200.65	201.72	-3.10
Jul	202.96	205.02	199.05	200.54	-2.89
Aug	202.11	204.02	198.29	199.71	-2.87
Sep	202.77	204.66	199.03	200.52	-2.73
Oct	203.42	205.30	199.76	201.30	-2.70
Nov	203.63	205.48	200.08	201.54	-2.70
Dec	204.14	205.36	199.88	201.48	-2.66
Jan	204.47	205.64	200.26	201.87	-2.60
Feb	204.22	204.22	200.69	201.69	-2.53
Mar	202.76	202.76	199.69	200.81	-2.47
Apr	199.54	199.97	198.42	199.34	-2.44
May	201.54	201.54	198.49	198.74	-2.40
Jun	200.01	201.72	197.17	198.55	-2.39
Jul				199.28	-2.34
Aug	202.83	202.83	202.77	200.09	-2.31
Sep	203.70	203.70	203.68	200.98	-2.29
	Est. sales 131,335	Thu.'s sales 136,958
	Thu.'s open int 329,616	down 6,542
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Jun	2.0517	2.0720	2.0215	2.0384	-210
Jul	2.0310	2.0531	1.9943	2.0151	-221
Aug	2.0051	2.0249	1.9677	1.9878	-222
Sep	1.9678	1.9866	1.9320	1.9503	-224
Oct	1.8162	1.8337	1.7817	1.7993	-219
Nov	1.7638	1.7816	1.7323	1.7483	-225
Dec	1.7310	1.7508	1.7000	1.7150	-229
Jan	1.7232	1.7241	1.6900	1.7034	-235
Feb	1.7158	1.7251	1.7042	1.7095	-245
Mar	1.7408	1.7411	1.7150	1.7276	-255
Apr	1.9322	1.9333	1.9191	1.9222	-250
May	1.9284	1.9379	1.9280	1.9288	-245
Jun	1.9343	1.9470	1.9219	1.9243	-244
Jul				1.9102	-246
Aug				1.8892	-249
Sep				1.8607	-255
Oct				1.7288	-246
Nov				1.6963	-246
Dec	1.7000	1.7000	1.6683	1.6775	-246
Jan				1.6752	-246
Feb				1.6889	-245
Mar				1.7068	-244
Apr				1.9006	-243
May				1.9077	-242
Jun				1.9107	-242
Jul				1.9014	-239
Aug				1.8878	-238
Sep				1.8602	-237
Oct				1.7334	-236
Nov				1.7075	-235
Dec				1.6932	-234
Jan				1.6919	-233
Feb				1.7052	-232
Mar				1.7249	-231
Apr				1.9141	-230
May				1.9309	-229
Jun				1.9268	-228
	Est. sales 132,232	Thu.'s sales 159,955
	Thu.'s open int 390,751	up 6,881
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Jul	3.535	3.564	3.440	3.447	-75
Aug	3.618	3.642	3.518	3.523	-80
Sep	3.599	3.623	3.505	3.508	-77
Oct	3.694	3.715	3.601	3.608	-68
Nov	4.054	4.073	3.971	3.981	-57
Dec	4.567	4.587	4.494	4.505	-48
Jan	4.839	4.860	4.770	4.794	-30
Feb	4.576	4.587	4.509	4.537	-17
Mar	4.136	4.145	4.073	4.097	-22
Apr	3.833	3.850	3.782	3.808	-13
May	3.823	3.845	3.782	3.804	-13
Jun	3.988	4.008	3.948	3.968	-15
Jul	4.159	4.180	4.121	4.143	-14
Aug	4.208	4.228	4.169	4.191	-13
Sep	4.157	4.180	4.119	4.140	-13
Oct	4.215	4.223	4.158	4.181	-12
Nov	4.369	4.400	4.340	4.359	-9
Dec	4.727	4.765	4.704	4.720	-4
Jan	4.956	4.995	4.936	4.954	+2
Feb	4.587	4.596	4.567	4.584	+7
Mar	3.965	3.969	3.932	3.946	+6
Apr	3.470	3.503	3.461	3.468	+4
May	3.451	3.451	3.426	3.436	+4
Jun	3.590	3.590	3.570	3.577	+3
Jul	3.740	3.740	3.729	3.739	+3
Aug	3.779	3.779	3.779	3.788	+5
Sep	3.738	3.738	3.738	3.748	+5
Oct	3.794	3.803	3.794	3.803	+5
Nov	3.974	3.974	3.974	3.988	+4
Dec	4.404	4.404	4.378	4.395	+5
Jan				4.679	+5
Feb				4.380	+5
Mar				3.710	+5
Apr	3.290	3.290	3.290	3.278	+5
May	3.250	3.250	3.250	3.238	+5
Jun				3.392	+5
Jul				3.561	+5
Aug				3.630	+4
Sep				3.626	+4
Oct				3.702	+4
Nov	3.867	3.867	3.867	3.885	+4
Dec	4.299	4.299	4.299	4.317	+4
Jan				4.552	+3
Feb				4.257	+3
Mar				3.577	+3
Apr	3.200	3.200	3.200	3.182	+3
May				3.155	+3
Jun				3.315	+3
Jul				3.485	+3
Aug				3.546	+3
Sep				3.523	+3
Oct				3.592	+3
Nov				3.786	+3
Dec				4.216	+3
Jan	4.459	4.459	4.459	4.462	+3
Feb				4.172	+3
Mar				3.490	+3
Apr				2.980	+3
May				2.955	+3
Jun				3.087	+3
Jul				3.230	+3
Aug				3.285	+3
Sep				3.264	+3
Oct				3.323	+3
Nov	3.554	3.554	3.554	3.523	+34
Dec				3.953	+3
Jan				4.200	+3
Feb				3.914	+3
Mar	3.350	3.350	3.350	3.249	+104
Apr	2.900	2.900	2.900	2.815	+88
May	2.926	2.926	2.926	2.838	+91
Jun				2.991	+3
Jul				3.155	+3
Aug				3.191	+3
Sep				3.164	+3
Oct				3.237	+3
Nov	3.554	3.554	3.554	3.470	+87
Dec				3.891	+3
Jan				4.144	+3
Feb				3.854	+3
Mar	3.300	3.300	3.300	3.208	+95
Apr	2.850	2.850	2.850	2.758	+95
May	2.830	2.830	2.830	2.778	+55
Jun	2.926	2.926	2.926	2.928	+1
Jul				3.088	+3
Aug				3.120	+3
Sep				3.095	+3
Oct				3.170	+3
Nov				3.400	+3
Dec				3.830	+3
Jan				4.080	+3
Feb				3.815	+3
Mar				3.195	+3
Apr				2.745	+3
May				2.775	+3
Jun				2.917	+3
Jul				3.082	+3
Aug				3.122	+3
Sep				3.097	+3
Oct				3.143	+3
Nov				3.403	+3
Dec				3.803	+3
Jan				4.058	+3
Feb				3.858	+3
Mar				3.283	+3
Apr				2.883	+3
May				2.913	+3
Jun				3.043	+3
Jul				3.188	+3
Aug				3.228	+3
Sep				3.243	+3
Oct				3.289	+3
Nov				3.529	+3
Dec				3.929	+3
Jan				4.149	+3
Feb				3.949	+3
Mar				3.559	+3
Apr				3.229	+3
May				3.207	+3
Jun				3.242	+3
Jul				3.282	+3
Aug				3.322	+3
Sep				3.337	+3
Oct				3.383	+3
Nov				3.583	+3
Dec				3.883	+3
Jan				4.153	+3
Feb				3.983	+3
Mar				3.713	+3
Apr				3.383	+3
May				3.361	+3
Jun				3.396	+3
Jul				3.436	+3
Aug				3.476	+3
Sep				3.491	+3
Oct				3.537	+3
Nov				3.609	+3
Dec				3.764	+3
Jan				3.989	+3
Feb				3.839	+3
Mar				3.639	+3
Apr				3.309	+3
May				3.287	+3
Jun				3.322	+3
Jul				3.362	+3
Aug				3.402	+3
Sep				3.417	+3
Oct				3.463	+3
Nov				3.535	+3
Dec				3.690	+3
	Est. sales 359,109	Thu.'s sales 438,449
	Thu.'s open int 1,492,348	up 7,469

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