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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 Thursday:

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Jul	61.83	63.07	60.55	60.94	-.90
Aug	61.18	62.39	59.90	60.20	-1.00
Sep	60.57	61.73	59.31	59.57	-1.05
Oct	60.12	61.22	58.87	59.09	-1.06
Nov	59.87	60.88	58.64	58.85	-1.06
Dec	59.75	60.81	58.53	58.73	-1.07
Jan	60.02	60.76	58.55	58.75	-1.06
Feb	60.28	60.68	58.64	58.81	-1.04
Mar	59.83	60.79	58.73	58.89	-1.06
Apr	60.35	60.88	58.95	59.01	-1.04
May	60.36	60.95	59.01	59.13	-1.03
Jun	60.12	61.07	59.08	59.23	-1.01
Jul	59.12	59.27	59.12	59.28	-1.00
Aug				59.32	-.99
Sep	60.72	60.72	59.34	59.38	-.99
Oct				59.45	-.99
Nov				59.54	-.99
Dec	60.52	61.33	59.54	59.64	-.98
Jan				59.68	-.98
Feb				59.72	-.98
Mar				59.79	-.96
Apr				59.87	-.95
May				59.98	-.94
Jun	61.41	61.53	60.10	60.07	-.94
Jul				60.11	-.94
Aug				60.16	-.93
Sep				60.23	-.91
Oct				60.30	-.90
Nov				60.38	-.89
Dec	61.53	61.82	60.38	60.46	-.89
Jan				60.49	-.89
Feb				60.54	-.88
Mar				60.60	-.85
Apr				60.66	-.84
May				60.74	-.83
Jun				60.80	-.84
Jul				60.83	-.83
Aug				60.87	-.83
Sep				60.91	-.82
Oct				60.97	-.81
Nov				61.04	-.79
Dec	62.25	62.25	61.16	61.09	-.78
Jan				61.10	-.77
Feb				61.11	-.77
Mar				61.15	-.76
Apr				61.20	-.75
May				61.27	-.75
Jun				61.30	-.74
Jul				61.28	-.73
Aug				61.30	-.72
Sep				61.30	-.72
Oct				61.36	-.71
Nov				61.42	-.70
Dec	62.00	62.00	62.00	61.47	-.69
Jan				61.44	-.68
Feb				61.44	-.68
Mar				61.45	-.67
Apr				61.49	-.66
May				61.54	-.65
Jun				61.57	-.65
Jul				61.53	-.64
Aug				61.55	-.63
Sep				61.54	-.62
Oct				61.55	-.62
Nov				61.57	-.61
Dec				61.62	-.60
Jun				61.62	-.53
Dec	61.75	61.75	61.75	61.56	-.47
Jun				61.46	-.42
Dec				61.30	-.38
Jun				61.11	-.30
Dec				60.85	-.32
	Est. sales 818,158	Wed.'s sales 670,967
	Wed.'s open int 1,970,514	down 18,294
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Jun	208.70	211.50	204.62	204.82	-3.99
Jul	206.69	210.01	203.20	203.43	-3.64
Aug	205.82	209.09	202.34	202.58	-3.67
Sep	206.49	209.66	202.96	203.25	-3.65
Oct	207.68	210.29	203.70	204.00	-3.67
Nov	208.13	210.42	203.93	204.24	-3.66
Dec	207.43	210.33	203.80	204.14	-3.60
Jan	209.56	210.53	204.14	204.47	-3.61
Feb	206.46	206.73	203.93	204.22	-3.65
Mar	205.79	205.79	202.99	203.28	-3.71
Apr	203.07	203.25	201.46	201.78	-3.70
May	202.79	202.79	201.00	201.14	-3.66
Jun	205.63	206.09	200.76	200.94	-3.59
Jul				201.62	-3.53
Aug	202.66	203.31	202.66	202.40	-3.46
Sep	204.04	204.04	203.92	203.27	-3.38
	Est. sales 129,554	Wed.'s sales 147,682
	Wed.'s open int 336,314	down 6,698
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Jun	2.0910	2.1230	2.0469	2.0594	-298
Jul	2.0595	2.0975	2.0265	2.0372	-260
Aug	2.0358	2.0687	2.0008	2.0100	-260
Sep	1.9999	2.0306	1.9641	1.9727	-266
Oct	1.8513	1.8773	1.8137	1.8212	-274
Nov	1.8100	1.8266	1.7643	1.7708	-288
Dec	1.7772	1.7945	1.7318	1.7379	-299
Jan	1.7816	1.7816	1.7223	1.7269	-303
Feb	1.7512	1.7512	1.7307	1.7340	-304
Mar	1.7688	1.7704	1.7496	1.7531	-308
Apr	1.9654	1.9654	1.9448	1.9472	-312
May	1.9513	1.9513	1.9513	1.9533	-316
Jun	2.0029	2.0048	1.9464	1.9487	-316
Jul				1.9348	-316
Aug				1.9141	-316
Sep				1.8862	-316
Oct				1.7534	-315
Nov				1.7209	-315
Dec	1.7420	1.7420	1.7410	1.7021	-314
Jan				1.6998	-314
Feb				1.7134	-313
Mar				1.7312	-312
Apr				1.9249	-312
May				1.9319	-311
Jun				1.9349	-311
Jul				1.9253	-310
Aug				1.9116	-309
Sep				1.8839	-309
Oct				1.7570	-308
Nov				1.7310	-308
Dec				1.7166	-305
Jan				1.7152	-305
Feb				1.7284	-305
Mar				1.7480	-305
Apr				1.9371	-305
May				1.9538	-305
Jun				1.9496	-305
	Est. sales 153,325	Wed.'s sales 166,884
	Wed.'s open int 396,829	down 6,078
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Jul	3.535	3.576	3.437	3.522	-35
Aug	3.619	3.649	3.521	3.603	-29
Sep	3.599	3.627	3.503	3.585	-26
Oct	3.687	3.714	3.596	3.676	-24
Nov	4.055	4.077	3.959	4.038	-24
Dec	4.569	4.585	4.477	4.553	-21
Jan	4.850	4.860	4.756	4.824	-27
Feb	4.584	4.584	4.486	4.554	-27
Mar	4.162	4.162	4.055	4.119	-31
Apr	3.852	3.865	3.766	3.821	-27
May	3.849	3.861	3.767	3.817	-29
Jun	4.014	4.018	3.936	3.983	-27
Jul	4.191	4.191	4.112	4.157	-28
Aug	4.239	4.239	4.160	4.204	-28
Sep	4.189	4.189	4.107	4.153	-31
Oct	4.232	4.232	4.149	4.193	-35
Nov	4.405	4.405	4.325	4.368	-34
Dec	4.756	4.756	4.682	4.720	-37
Jan	4.986	4.986	4.910	4.949	-41
Feb	4.597	4.597	4.561	4.580	-27
Mar	3.966	3.966	3.924	3.940	-30
Apr	3.476	3.480	3.449	3.466	-21
May	3.449	3.453	3.430	3.431	-25
Jun	3.597	3.597	3.571	3.571	-29
Jul	3.753	3.755	3.737	3.755	-8
Aug	3.787	3.800	3.787	3.800	-10
Sep	3.745	3.748	3.744	3.747	-23
Oct	3.830	3.830	3.795	3.795	-30
Nov	3.969	3.996	3.969	3.995	-10
Dec	4.373	4.397	4.373	4.381	-31
Sep	3.625	3.625	3.625	3.625	-5
Dec	4.321	4.321	4.321	4.321	0
Apr	2.800	2.800	2.800	2.800	-12
Apr	2.720	2.720	2.720	2.720	-35
	Est. sales 419,868	Wed.'s sales 461,040
	Wed.'s open int 1,470,278	up 21,924

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