BC-OILS

Key Points

Light sweet crude oil prices saw an increase, with the September contract settling at $66.71, up by $1.55.
The heating oil market also rose, with prices for the September 25 contract settling at $240.36, a gain of $2.45.
Natural gas futures faced a decline, with the September 25 contract settling at $3.066, down by $0.092.
Estimated sales reached 581,120 contracts, a significant increase from the previous Friday's sales of 554,493.
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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.
Sep 25	69.35	69.58	67.05	67.33	-1.93
Oct 25	68.25	68.46	65.93	66.20	-2.00
Nov 25	67.35	67.56	65.03	65.28	-2.04
Dec 25	66.60	66.83	64.33	64.57	-2.03
Jan 26	66.14	66.32	63.87	64.10	-2.01
Feb 26	65.80	65.98	63.59	63.79	-1.98
Mar 26	65.62	65.63	63.38	63.58	-1.95
Apr 26	65.30	65.31	63.22	63.41	-1.92
May 26	65.17	65.21	63.18	63.27	-1.87
Jun 26	64.99	65.10	62.94	63.13	-1.82
Jul 26	64.86	64.86	62.78	62.98	-1.78
Aug 26	64.57	64.57	62.75	62.85	-1.73
Sep 26	64.17	64.17	62.90	62.75	-1.68
Oct 26	62.67	62.67	62.67	62.67	-1.64
Nov 26				62.63	-1.60
Dec 26	64.18	64.34	62.39	62.59	-1.57
Jan 27	62.50	62.50	62.50	62.50	-1.53
Feb 27				62.42	-1.49
Mar 27				62.37	-1.44
Apr 27				62.35	-1.40
May 27				62.36	-1.36
Jun 27	63.68	63.80	62.20	62.38	-1.31
Jul 27				62.34	-1.28
Aug 27				62.33	-1.22
Sep 27	62.50	62.50	62.50	62.34	-1.17
Oct 27				62.35	-1.13
Nov 27				62.37	-1.09
Dec 27	63.53	63.57	62.17	62.43	-1.04
Jan 28				62.43	-.99
Feb 28				62.40	-.96
Mar 28				62.39	-.93
Apr 28				62.40	-.89
May 28				62.43	-.85
Jun 28	63.05	63.05	62.37	62.45	-.82
Jul 28				62.43	-.79
Aug 28				62.43	-.76
Sep 28				62.43	-.73
Oct 28				62.45	-.70
Nov 28				62.49	-.66
Dec 28	63.10	63.10	62.31	62.52	-.61
Jan 29				62.50	-.57
Feb 29				62.48	-.58
Mar 29				62.50	-.56
Apr 29				62.52	-.53
May 29				62.49	-.51
Jun 29				62.52	-.48
Jul 29				62.51	-.47
Aug 29				62.50	-.45
Sep 29				62.47	-.44
Oct 29				62.51	-.42
Nov 29				62.53	-.41
Dec 29	62.50	62.55	62.40	62.56	-.39
Jan 30				62.51	-.38
Feb 30				62.47	-.37
Mar 30				62.44	-.37
Apr 30				62.49	-.36
May 30				62.50	-.35
Jun 30				62.50	-.34
Jul 30				62.45	-.33
Aug 30				62.45	-.32
Sep 30				62.43	-.31
Oct 30				62.40	-.30
Nov 30				62.44	-.29
Dec 30				62.45	-.28
Jun 31				62.31	-.20
Dec 31				62.19	-.15
Jun 32				62.01	-.12
Dec 32				61.81	-.08
Jun 33				61.54	-.04
Dec 33				61.22	-.01
	Est. sales 946,166	Thu.'s sales 709,605
	Thu.'s open int 2,088,426	down 30,838
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Sep 25	239.85	240.51	229.25	229.99	-9.60
Oct 25	239.35	239.84	228.90	229.59	-9.49
Nov 25	238.10	238.25	227.85	228.53	-9.07
Dec 25	235.89	235.89	226.22	226.84	-8.45
Jan 26	233.96	234.77	225.56	226.14	-8.18
Feb 26	232.80	233.20	224.50	225.20	-7.87
Mar 26	230.39	230.65	222.56	223.37	-7.30
Apr 26	227.66	227.66	220.23	220.93	-6.73
May 26	225.61	225.61	218.48	219.35	-6.26
Jun 26	223.96	223.99	217.24	218.21	-5.88
Jul 26	222.40	222.54	217.50	218.25	-5.69
Aug 26				218.46	-5.54
Sep 26				218.84	-5.45
Oct 26				219.20	-5.36
Nov 26				219.14	-5.35
Dec 26	222.88	222.94	217.99	218.79	-5.31
	Est. sales 182,287	Thu.'s sales 136,680
	Thu.'s open int 331,264	up 13,348
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Sep 25	2.1737	2.1776	2.1030	2.1186	-553
Oct 25	2.0290	2.0303	1.9575	1.9682	-586
Nov 25	1.9821	1.9821	1.9109	1.9202	-587
Dec 25	1.9434	1.9448	1.8752	1.8831	-585
Jan 26	1.9294	1.9295	1.8621	1.8691	-586
Feb 26	1.9301	1.9320	1.8699	1.8759	-581
Mar 26	1.9497	1.9497	1.8888	1.8949	-575
Apr 26	2.1299	2.1299	2.0775	2.0832	-556
May 26	2.1312	2.1312	2.0849	2.0853	-548
Jun 26	2.1236	2.1305	2.0701	2.0746	-538
Jul 26	2.0958	2.0958	2.0922	2.0564	-529
Aug 26	2.0325	2.0325	2.0325	2.0337	-509
Sep 26				2.0035	-484
Oct 26				1.8681	-492
Nov 26				1.8339	-469
Dec 26	1.8267	1.8267	1.8072	1.8114	-442
Jan 27				1.8040	-423
Feb 27				1.8109	-423
Mar 27				1.8259	-423
Apr 27				2.0205	-423
May 27				2.0259	-423
Jun 27				2.0260	-423
Jul 27				2.0160	-423
Aug 27				2.0009	-423
Sep 27				1.9720	-423
Oct 27				1.8439	-423
Nov 27				1.8168	-423
Dec 27				1.7990	-423
Jan 28				1.7979	-423
Feb 28				1.8112	-423
Mar 28				1.8309	-423
Apr 28				2.0201	-423
May 28				2.0368	-423
Jun 28				2.0325	-423
Jul 28				2.0226	-423
Aug 28				2.0069	-423
Sep 28				1.9759	-423
	Est. sales 147,704	Thu.'s sales 112,814
	Thu.'s open int 340,582	down 489
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Sep 25	3.100	3.131	3.051	3.083	-23
Oct 25	3.191	3.230	3.150	3.188	-13
Nov 25	3.557	3.595	3.532	3.574	+7
Dec 25	4.165	4.198	4.134	4.179	+6
Jan 26	4.485	4.518	4.455	4.503	+6
Feb 26	4.208	4.241	4.183	4.229	+7
Mar 26	3.773	3.806	3.755	3.794	+3
Apr 26	3.569	3.596	3.550	3.584	-1
May 26	3.580	3.610	3.565	3.601	+3
Jun 26	3.726	3.752	3.713	3.744	+2
Jul 26	3.906	3.932	3.894	3.925	+2
Aug 26	3.964	3.987	3.951	3.982	+2
Sep 26	3.923	3.947	3.912	3.944	+3
Oct 26	3.975	3.998	3.963	3.995	+4
Nov 26	4.187	4.218	4.180	4.204	-2
Dec 26	4.564	4.593	4.564	4.593	+6
Jan 27	4.810	4.840	4.810	4.834	+5
Feb 27	4.426	4.443	4.415	4.437	+9
Mar 27	3.819	3.831	3.802	3.818	+4
Apr 27	3.396	3.411	3.375	3.389	-12
May 27	3.377	3.377	3.347	3.362	-7
Jun 27	3.505	3.505	3.484	3.503	-2
Jul 27	3.672	3.672	3.672	3.672	-13
Aug 27	3.731	3.731	3.729	3.731	-15
Sep 27	3.706	3.712	3.706	3.712	-3
Oct 27	3.766	3.772	3.765	3.770	-10
Nov 27	3.991	3.994	3.980	3.990	-10
Dec 27	4.427	4.428	4.415	4.428	-9
Jan 28	4.720	4.720	4.720	4.720	-11
Feb 28	4.400	4.400	4.400	4.400	-10
Mar 28	3.740	3.740	3.740	3.740	-10
Apr 28	3.244	3.244	3.244	3.244	-10
May 28	3.212	3.212	3.209	3.209	-16
Sep 28	3.573	3.573	3.573	3.573	-37
Nov 28	3.866	3.866	3.864	3.864	-52
Feb 29	4.251	4.251	4.250	4.250	-53
	Est. sales 260,405	Thu.'s sales 440,446
	Thu.'s open int 1,569,758	up 14,664

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