BC-OILS

Key Points

The trading data for **light sweet crude** shows an upward trend, with the September 25 settlement at **$63.42**, up **$0.62** from the previous day.
**Heating oil** futures also experienced gains, with September 25 closing at **$224.03**, an increase of **$1.53**.
**Natural gas** prices dipped, with the September contract settling down at **$2.890**, a decline of **$0.26**.
Overall, estimated sales across various energy futures totaled **627,065**, indicating a decrease from **727,798** on Friday.
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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.
Oct 25	63.50	63.93	63.31	63.66	+.14
Nov 25	63.04	63.45	62.88	63.23	+.12
Dec 25	62.76	63.08	62.55	62.90	+.12
Jan 26	62.52	62.90	62.38	62.71	+.12
Feb 26	62.40	62.77	62.24	62.60	+.11
Mar 26	62.30	62.71	62.24	62.54	+.10
Apr 26	62.35	62.66	62.23	62.50	+.09
May 26	62.29	62.62	62.17	62.47	+.09
Jun 26	62.33	62.63	62.16	62.44	+.08
Jul 26	62.39	62.46	62.21	62.38	+.07
Aug 26	62.23	62.35	62.18	62.32	+.06
Sep 26	62.59	62.59	62.16	62.28	+.04
Oct 26				62.26	+.04
Nov 26				62.27	+.04
Dec 26	62.20	62.45	62.02	62.29	+.05
Jan 27				62.25	+.05
Feb 27				62.22	+.05
Mar 27				62.22	+.05
Apr 27				62.24	+.04
May 27				62.31	+.04
Jun 27	62.28	62.49	62.14	62.37	+.05
Jul 27				62.37	+.05
Aug 27				62.39	+.05
Sep 27				62.44	+.05
Oct 27				62.49	+.05
Nov 27				62.56	+.06
Dec 27	62.55	62.76	62.42	62.63	+.05
Jan 28				62.65	+.05
Feb 28				62.66	+.04
Mar 28				62.70	+.04
Apr 28				62.75	+.04
May 28				62.81	+.04
Jun 28	62.83	62.86	62.83	62.87	+.04
Jul 28				62.88	+.04
Aug 28				62.91	+.03
Sep 28				62.95	+.03
Oct 28				63.00	+.03
Nov 28				63.06	+.02
Dec 28	63.07	63.20	62.95	63.09	+.02
Jan 29				63.07	+.02
Feb 29				63.11	+.01
Mar 29				63.15	+.01
Apr 29				63.19	+.01
May 29				63.18	0
Jun 29				63.24	0
Jul 29				63.24	0
Aug 29				63.25	0
Sep 29				63.27	0
Oct 29				63.31	0
Nov 29				63.35	0
Dec 29	63.33	63.33	63.33	63.40	0
Jan 30				63.40	0
Feb 30				63.40	0
Mar 30				63.40	0
Apr 30				63.41	0
May 30				63.46	0
Jun 30				63.49	0
Jul 30				63.48	0
Aug 30				63.46	-.01
Sep 30				63.48	-.01
Oct 30				63.51	-.01
Nov 30				63.55	-.02
Dec 30	63.47	63.47	63.45	63.58	-.02
Jun 31				63.60	-.01
Dec 31	63.64	63.64	63.64	63.62	0
Jun 32				63.58	0
Dec 32				63.49	0
Jun 33				63.31	0
Dec 33				63.18	0
	Est. sales 550,111	Thu.'s sales 694,314
	Thu.'s open int 1,946,257	down 28,362
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Sep 25	233.12	233.44	229.88	230.81	-1.70
Oct 25	232.19	232.85	229.44	230.40	-1.57
Nov 25	230.37	230.92	227.66	228.80	-1.23
Dec 25	227.89	228.63	225.50	226.76	-.86
Jan 26	226.74	227.62	224.79	226.06	-.64
Feb 26	225.35	226.65	223.71	225.01	-.51
Mar 26	222.90	224.39	221.69	222.87	-.36
Apr 26	220.15	221.58	218.94	220.26	-.19
May 26	218.64	219.54	217.39	218.55	-.03
Jun 26	216.89	218.30	215.95	217.24	+.08
Jul 26	216.45	216.45	216.09	217.13	+.06
Aug 26	216.60	216.60	216.23	217.27	+.04
Sep 26				217.64	+.03
Oct 26				217.98	+.06
Nov 26				217.98	+.07
Dec 26	216.92	218.21	216.42	217.67	+.09
	Est. sales 133,700	Thu.'s sales 137,803
	Thu.'s open int 359,394	down 17
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Sep 25	2.1627	2.1739	2.1519	2.1585	-12
Oct 25	1.9900	1.9992	1.9769	1.9938	+66
Nov 25	1.9277	1.9389	1.9155	1.9346	+91
Dec 25	1.8828	1.8950	1.8717	1.8910	+100
Jan 26	1.8612	1.8762	1.8538	1.8729	+107
Feb 26	1.8662	1.8790	1.8572	1.8760	+107
Mar 26	1.8808	1.8955	1.8739	1.8929	+107
Apr 26	2.0678	2.0852	2.0649	2.0805	+92
May 26	2.0729	2.0857	2.0705	2.0844	+87
Jun 26	2.0677	2.0809	2.0600	2.0763	+86
Jul 26	2.0449	2.0615	2.0449	2.0594	+84
Aug 26	2.0249	2.0376	2.0249	2.0370	+82
Sep 26				2.0071	+85
Oct 26				1.8727	+81
Nov 26				1.8397	+88
Dec 26	1.8100	1.8215	1.8100	1.8185	+95
Jan 27				1.8125	+95
Feb 27				1.8196	+95
Mar 27				1.8346	+95
Apr 27				2.0292	+95
May 27				2.0346	+95
Jun 27				2.0347	+95
Jul 27				2.0247	+95
Aug 27				2.0096	+95
Sep 27				1.9807	+95
Oct 27				1.8526	+95
Nov 27				1.8255	+95
Dec 27				1.8077	+95
Jan 28				1.8066	+95
Feb 28				1.8199	+95
Mar 28				1.8396	+95
Apr 28				2.0288	+95
May 28				2.0455	+95
Jun 28				2.0412	+95
Jul 28				2.0313	+95
Aug 28				2.0156	+95
Sep 28				1.9846	+95
	Est. sales 162,320	Thu.'s sales 136,263
	Thu.'s open int 336,798	down 1,248
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Sep 25	2.813	2.819	2.692	2.698	-128
Oct 25	2.903	2.912	2.787	2.800	-114
Nov 25	3.235	3.248	3.151	3.162	-85
Dec 25	3.819	3.829	3.737	3.751	-71
Jan 26	4.147	4.158	4.073	4.085	-69
Feb 26	3.918	3.931	3.856	3.867	-57
Mar 26	3.537	3.550	3.485	3.494	-48
Apr 26	3.415	3.417	3.355	3.361	-47
May 26	3.446	3.446	3.391	3.396	-41
Jun 26	3.614	3.618	3.567	3.572	-41
Jul 26	3.817	3.821	3.768	3.772	-41
Aug 26	3.875	3.882	3.831	3.836	-39
Sep 26	3.837	3.844	3.793	3.797	-40
Oct 26	3.887	3.887	3.833	3.841	-42
Nov 26	4.095	4.102	4.056	4.061	-36
Dec 26	4.493	4.494	4.453	4.458	-39
Jan 27	4.750	4.757	4.713	4.720	-29
Feb 27	4.387	4.387	4.359	4.372	-7
Mar 27	3.810	3.810	3.789	3.799	-4
Apr 27	3.418	3.427	3.403	3.413	-5
May 27	3.401	3.402	3.385	3.389	-5
Jun 27	3.538	3.541	3.538	3.537	-5
Jul 27	3.727	3.728	3.701	3.715	-5
Aug 27	3.764	3.789	3.764	3.775	-5
Sep 27	3.734	3.737	3.732	3.741	-5
Oct 27	3.809	3.813	3.786	3.798	-5
Nov 27	4.003	4.003	3.998	4.004	-7
Dec 27	4.418	4.430	4.415	4.432	-4
Jan 28				4.731	-3
Feb 28				4.392	-1
Mar 28				3.769	+1
Apr 28	3.290	3.290	3.290	3.305	+7
May 28				3.277	+8
Jun 28	3.411	3.411	3.411	3.429	+9
Jul 28	3.580	3.590	3.580	3.606	+11
Aug 28				3.675	+11
Sep 28				3.658	+10
Oct 28				3.726	+11
Nov 28				3.958	0
Dec 28	4.384	4.384	4.384	4.411	+1
Jan 29				4.677	+2
Feb 29	4.333	4.333	4.333	4.327	-6
Mar 29				3.634	-5
Apr 29				3.171	-4
May 29				3.151	-3
Jun 29				3.302	-2
Jul 29				3.482	+8
Aug 29				3.545	+1
Sep 29				3.541	+3
Oct 29				3.616	+5
Nov 29				3.805	+7
Dec 29				4.248	+9
Jan 30				4.516	+11
Feb 30				4.245	+25
Mar 30				3.575	+6
Apr 30				3.060	-6
May 30				3.030	-6
Jun 30				3.166	-6
Jul 30				3.317	-6
Aug 30				3.384	-6
Sep 30				3.360	-6
Oct 30				3.435	-6
Nov 30				3.626	-6
Dec 30				4.058	-6
Jan 31				4.328	-6
Feb 31				4.058	-6
Mar 31				3.423	-6
Apr 31				3.026	-6
May 31				3.044	-6
Jun 31				3.179	-6
Jul 31				3.325	-6
Aug 31				3.353	-6
Sep 31				3.319	-6
Oct 31				3.382	-6
Nov 31				3.575	-6
Dec 31				4.022	-6
Jan 32				4.292	-6
Feb 32				4.022	-6
Mar 32				3.357	-6
Apr 32				2.877	-6
May 32				2.857	-6
Jun 32				3.007	-6
Jul 32				3.167	-6
Aug 32				3.199	-6
Sep 32				3.174	-6
Oct 32				3.249	-6
Nov 32				3.479	-6
Dec 32				3.909	-6
Jan 33				4.159	-6
Feb 33				3.894	-6
Mar 33				3.274	-6
Apr 33				2.824	-6
May 33				2.854	-6
Jun 33				2.996	-6
Jul 33				3.161	-6
Aug 33				3.201	-6
Sep 33				3.176	-6
Oct 33				3.222	-6
Nov 33				3.482	-6
Dec 33				3.882	-6
Jan 34				4.137	-6
Feb 34				3.897	-6
Mar 34				3.297	-6
Apr 34				2.897	-6
May 34				2.927	-6
Jun 34				3.057	-6
Jul 34				3.202	-6
Aug 34				3.242	-6
Sep 34				3.257	-6
Oct 34				3.303	-6
Nov 34				3.543	-6
Dec 34				3.943	-6
Jan 35				4.163	-6
Feb 35				3.923	-6
Mar 35				3.493	-6
Apr 35				3.163	-6
May 35				3.141	-6
Jun 35				3.176	-6
Jul 35				3.216	-6
Aug 35				3.256	-6
Sep 35				3.271	-6
Oct 35				3.317	-6
Nov 35				3.517	-6
Dec 35				3.817	-6
Jan 36				4.087	-6
Feb 36				3.917	-6
Mar 36				3.647	-6
Apr 36				3.317	-6
May 36				3.295	-6
Jun 36				3.330	-6
Jul 36				3.370	-6
Aug 36				3.410	-6
Sep 36				3.425	-6
Oct 36				3.471	-6
Nov 36				3.543	-6
Dec 36				3.698	-6
Jan 37				3.923	-6
Feb 37				3.773	-6
Mar 37				3.573	-6
Apr 37				3.243	-6
May 37				3.221	-6
Jun 37				3.256	-6
Jul 37				3.296	-6
Aug 37				3.336	-6
Sep 37				3.351	-6
Oct 37				3.397	-6
Nov 37				3.469	-6
Dec 37				3.624	-6
	Est. sales 359,383	Thu.'s sales 426,646
	Thu.'s open int 1,621,522	down 7,504

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