BC-OILS

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Light Sweet Crude futures for August delivery fell 14 cents to settle at $67.20 per barrel.
Heating Oil futures jumped 5.62 cents, with the August contract closing at 250.92 cents per gallon.
RBOB Gas futures slipped 2.15 cents to $2.1319 per gallon for August delivery.
Natural Gas futures dropped 24 cents, settling at $3.325 per MMBtu for August delivery.
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xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday:

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Aug 25	67.12	67.13	65.99	66.21	-.99
Sep 25	65.77	65.86	64.82	65.31	-.64
Oct 25	64.84	64.95	64.00	64.46	-.56
Nov 25	64.25	64.35	63.47	63.89	-.53
Dec 25	63.85	63.94	63.09	63.49	-.50
Jan 26	63.57	63.70	62.90	63.26	-.49
Feb 26	63.44	63.50	62.78	63.10	-.46
Mar 26	63.38	63.38	62.69	63.00	-.44
Apr 26	62.86	63.08	62.67	62.94	-.41
May 26	62.96	62.97	62.70	62.90	-.39
Jun 26	63.11	63.17	62.52	62.85	-.36
Jul 26	62.71	62.85	62.52	62.79	-.34
Aug 26	62.75	62.75	62.47	62.73	-.36
Sep 26	62.61	62.67	62.61	62.69	-.36
Oct 26	62.57	62.60	62.57	62.67	-.34
Nov 26				62.68	-.35
Dec 26	62.97	63.02	62.38	62.70	-.34
Jan 27				62.65	-.35
Feb 27				62.61	-.35
Mar 27				62.60	-.35
Apr 27				62.61	-.36
May 27				62.65	-.37
Jun 27	62.91	62.95	62.44	62.70	-.37
Jul 27				62.69	-.37
Aug 27				62.68	-.39
Sep 27				62.71	-.39
Oct 27				62.74	-.39
Nov 27				62.78	-.40
Dec 27	63.21	63.21	62.60	62.82	-.40
Jan 28				62.81	-.40
Feb 28				62.82	-.40
Mar 28				62.83	-.41
Apr 28				62.84	-.42
May 28				62.88	-.42
Jun 28				62.91	-.42
Jul 28				62.90	-.42
Aug 28				62.89	-.43
Sep 28				62.90	-.43
Oct 28				62.92	-.43
Nov 28				62.96	-.42
Dec 28	63.01	63.01	62.84	62.96	-.43
Jan 29				62.92	-.43
Feb 29				62.92	-.43
Mar 29				62.93	-.44
Apr 29				62.93	-.44
May 29				62.94	-.44
Jun 29				62.95	-.44
Jul 29				62.92	-.44
Aug 29				62.91	-.44
Sep 29				62.87	-.45
Oct 29				62.89	-.45
Nov 29				62.91	-.45
Dec 29	62.90	62.90	62.90	62.92	-.45
Jan 30				62.86	-.45
Feb 30				62.81	-.45
Mar 30				62.79	-.45
Apr 30				62.83	-.44
May 30				62.82	-.44
Jun 30				62.82	-.44
Jul 30				62.76	-.44
Aug 30				62.74	-.44
Sep 30				62.72	-.45
Oct 30				62.70	-.45
Nov 30				62.71	-.45
Dec 30				62.72	-.45
Jun 31				62.56	-.44
Dec 31				62.38	-.43
Jun 32				62.14	-.44
Dec 32				61.90	-.45
Jun 33				61.61	-.45
Dec 33				61.25	-.45
	Est. sales 668,121	Mon.'s sales 578,757
	Mon.'s open int 2,082,297	down 63,759
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Aug 25	249.65	249.65	242.35	245.18	-5.74
Sep 25	246.39	246.40	239.85	242.10	-5.51
Oct 25	243.19	243.33	237.36	239.52	-4.89
Nov 25	239.12	239.12	233.80	235.70	-4.41
Dec 25	234.16	234.23	229.37	231.01	-4.08
Jan 26	232.04	232.04	227.53	229.10	-3.72
Feb 26	229.99	229.99	226.08	227.44	-3.35
Mar 26	225.86	225.86	223.07	224.45	-2.98
Apr 26	220.90	220.90	219.39	220.62	-2.60
May 26	217.78	218.16	216.69	217.94	-2.32
Jun 26	216.76	216.76	214.81	216.05	-2.14
Jul 26	216.05	216.05	214.87	215.88	-2.06
Aug 26				216.06	-2.01
Sep 26				216.49	-1.97
Oct 26				216.98	-1.94
Nov 26				217.14	-1.89
	Est. sales 161,671	Mon.'s sales 180,084
	Mon.'s open int 344,523	down 7,097
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Aug 25	2.1281	2.1283	2.0945	2.1019	-300
Sep 25	2.0920	2.0923	2.0604	2.0694	-262
Oct 25	1.9479	1.9482	1.9185	1.9267	-243
Nov 25	1.9005	1.9018	1.8772	1.8846	-199
Dec 25	1.8704	1.8704	1.8446	1.8530	-180
Jan 26	1.8558	1.8558	1.8345	1.8428	-152
Feb 26	1.8515	1.8556	1.8427	1.8516	-128
Mar 26	1.8752	1.8769	1.8618	1.8716	-117
Apr 26	2.0572	2.0645	2.0557	2.0628	-127
May 26	2.0657	2.0688	2.0654	2.0682	-131
Jun 26	2.0681	2.0681	2.0511	2.0606	-135
Jul 26				2.0441	-134
Aug 26				2.0212	-129
Sep 26				1.9902	-126
Oct 26				1.8605	-115
Nov 26				1.8253	-107
Dec 26	1.7974	1.7974	1.7973	1.8011	-105
Jan 27				1.7943	-103
Feb 27				1.8027	-103
Mar 27				1.8191	-101
Apr 27	2.0209	2.0209	2.0209	2.0154	-98
May 27	2.0277	2.0277	2.0277	2.0225	-97
Jun 27	2.0271	2.0271	2.0271	2.0241	-97
Jul 27	2.0185	2.0185	2.0185	2.0156	-93
Aug 27	2.0048	2.0048	2.0048	2.0021	-92
Sep 27	1.9771	1.9771	1.9771	1.9748	-90
Oct 27	1.8504	1.8504	1.8504	1.8484	-89
Nov 27				1.8227	-87
Dec 27	1.8081	1.8081	1.8081	1.8068	-86
Jan 28	1.8068	1.8068	1.8068	1.8057	-84
Feb 28				1.8192	-82
Mar 28				1.8390	-81
Apr 28				2.0284	-79
May 28				2.0453	-78
Jun 28				2.0414	-76
Jul 28				2.0315	-76
Aug 28				2.0158	-76
	Est. sales 141,898	Mon.'s sales 133,448
	Mon.'s open int 362,339	up 3,281
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Aug 25	3.317	3.331	3.210	3.252	-73
Sep 25	3.342	3.360	3.247	3.287	-69
Oct 25	3.431	3.446	3.343	3.381	-67
Nov 25	3.796	3.809	3.718	3.766	-47
Dec 25	4.366	4.370	4.297	4.348	-31
Jan 26	4.673	4.678	4.607	4.655	-32
Feb 26	4.391	4.395	4.331	4.385	-19
Mar 26	3.957	3.960	3.895	3.948	-20
Apr 26	3.723	3.725	3.659	3.715	-12
May 26	3.716	3.731	3.669	3.729	-4
Jun 26	3.855	3.876	3.811	3.874	+3
Jul 26	4.049	4.068	4.001	4.065	+6
Aug 26	4.111	4.132	4.063	4.128	+6
Sep 26	4.072	4.090	4.019	4.086	+7
Oct 26	4.120	4.146	4.074	4.141	+6
Nov 26	4.349	4.364	4.293	4.364	+15
Dec 26	4.728	4.746	4.672	4.746	+16
Jan 27	4.962	4.984	4.923	4.977	-4
Feb 27	4.554	4.592	4.547	4.584	-2
Mar 27	3.913	3.947	3.902	3.947	+9
Apr 27	3.481	3.506	3.470	3.500	+4
May 27	3.449	3.463	3.437	3.463	+1
Jun 27	3.585	3.599	3.575	3.597	-2
Jul 27	3.765	3.786	3.758	3.786	+5
Aug 27	3.821	3.860	3.820	3.860	+12
Sep 27	3.796	3.796	3.789	3.789	-27
Oct 27	3.864	3.891	3.862	3.887	-2
Nov 27	4.079	4.099	4.079	4.099	+2
Dec 27	4.490	4.520	4.490	4.520	+4
Jan 28	4.797	4.809	4.780	4.809	+3
Feb 28	4.489	4.489	4.475	4.480	-16
Mar 28	3.818	3.825	3.818	3.825	-4
Apr 28	3.329	3.338	3.329	3.338	-13
May 28	3.307	3.307	3.307	3.307	-4
Jun 28	3.448	3.458	3.448	3.458	-5
Jul 28	3.627	3.638	3.627	3.634	-9
Aug 28	3.696	3.703	3.696	3.703	-14
Sep 28	3.677	3.680	3.677	3.680	-5
Oct 28	3.751	3.751	3.745	3.750	-1
Nov 28	3.979	3.995	3.961	3.961	-15
Dec 28	4.405	4.411	4.389	4.389	-32
Jan 29	4.625	4.635	4.625	4.635	-8
Feb 29	4.370	4.370	4.370	4.370	+7
	Est. sales 462,611	Mon.'s sales 554,427
	Mon.'s open int 1,546,186	down 23,704

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