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 Thursday:

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Oct 25	62.85	63.67	62.52	63.52	+.81
Nov 25	62.44	63.23	62.20	63.11	+.79
Dec 25	62.20	62.89	61.95	62.78	+.75
Jan 26	62.07	62.68	61.82	62.59	+.72
Feb 26	61.91	62.57	61.76	62.49	+.69
Mar 26	61.95	62.50	61.75	62.44	+.67
Apr 26	61.89	62.49	61.74	62.41	+.65
May 26	62.01	62.44	61.74	62.38	+.62
Jun 26	61.89	62.45	61.72	62.36	+.62
Jul 26	61.82	62.30	61.73	62.31	+.60
Aug 26	61.77	62.28	61.71	62.26	+.59
Sep 26	62.27	62.27	62.27	62.24	+.59
Oct 26	61.71	62.14	61.67	62.14	+.50
Dec 26	61.78	62.30	61.64	62.23	+.56
Jun 27	61.91	62.35	61.90	62.33	+.50
Dec 27	62.28	62.71	62.16	62.56	+.39
Dec 28	62.88	63.21	62.86	63.03	+.25
Dec 29	63.28	63.28	63.25	63.25	+.06
Dec 30	63.52	63.52	63.52	63.52	+.07
	Est. sales 652,770	Wed.'s sales 686,920
	Wed.'s open int 1,953,519	down 41,131
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Sep 25	227.51	233.12	227.13	232.51	+4.55
Oct 25	226.89	232.64	226.61	231.97	+4.67
Nov 25	225.59	230.54	225.06	230.03	+4.33
Dec 25	223.63	228.12	223.12	227.62	+3.90
Jan 26	222.80	227.22	222.74	226.70	+3.57
Feb 26	221.91	226.00	221.73	225.52	+3.25
Mar 26	219.87	223.60	219.68	223.23	+2.94
Apr 26	217.48	220.79	217.34	220.45	+2.62
May 26	215.92	218.78	215.63	218.58	+2.25
Jun 26	214.72	217.54	214.58	217.16	+1.91
Aug 26	215.73	217.44	215.73	217.21	+1.61
Dec 26	217.29	217.44	215.57	217.35	+1.18
	Est. sales 133,695	Wed.'s sales 112,935
	Wed.'s open int 356,884	up 2,510
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Sep 25	2.1305	2.1615	2.1265	2.1597	+314
Oct 25	1.9599	1.9888	1.9579	1.9872	+281
Nov 25	1.8994	1.9271	1.8981	1.9255	+261
Dec 25	1.8554	1.8825	1.8544	1.8810	+236
Jan 26	1.8382	1.8634	1.8382	1.8622	+223
Feb 26	1.8442	1.8662	1.8441	1.8653	+216
Mar 26	1.8614	1.8830	1.8613	1.8822	+216
Apr 26	2.0518	2.0715	2.0500	2.0713	+206
May 26	2.0609	2.0750	2.0536	2.0757	+201
Jun 26	2.0488	2.0681	2.0457	2.0677	+196
Jul 26	2.0361	2.0507	2.0299	2.0510	+190
Aug 26	2.0106	2.0246	2.0086	2.0288	+187
Sep 26				1.9986	+182
Oct 26				1.8646	+176
Nov 26				1.8309	+178
Dec 26				1.8090	+179
Jan 27				1.8030	+178
Feb 27				1.8101	+178
Mar 27				1.8251	+178
Apr 27				2.0197	+178
May 27				2.0251	+178
Jun 27				2.0252	+178
Jul 27				2.0152	+178
Aug 27				2.0001	+178
Sep 27				1.9712	+178
Oct 27				1.8431	+178
Nov 27				1.8160	+178
Dec 27				1.7982	+178
Jan 28				1.7971	+178
Feb 28				1.8104	+178
Mar 28				1.8301	+178
Apr 28				2.0193	+178
May 28				2.0360	+178
Jun 28				2.0317	+178
Jul 28				2.0218	+178
Aug 28				2.0061	+178
Sep 28				1.9751	+178
	Est. sales 127,930	Wed.'s sales 165,414
	Wed.'s open int 334,251	up 2,547
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Sep 25	2.765	2.849	2.740	2.826	+74
Oct 25	2.850	2.933	2.833	2.914	+72
Nov 25	3.192	3.267	3.181	3.247	+63
Dec 25	3.778	3.845	3.765	3.822	+57
Jan 26	4.113	4.178	4.099	4.154	+54
Feb 26	3.887	3.948	3.879	3.924	+46
Mar 26	3.523	3.563	3.500	3.542	+36
Apr 26	3.393	3.427	3.366	3.408	+33
May 26	3.421	3.456	3.395	3.437	+32
Jun 26	3.595	3.632	3.568	3.613	+32
Jul 26	3.798	3.829	3.764	3.813	+34
Aug 26	3.877	3.890	3.826	3.875	+34
Sep 26	3.822	3.852	3.791	3.841	+38
Oct 26	3.873	3.898	3.840	3.887	+34
Nov 26	4.098	4.113	4.068	4.101	+20
Dec 26	4.504	4.510	4.466	4.500	+21
Jan 27	4.738	4.762	4.719	4.756	+27
Feb 27	4.356	4.387	4.331	4.384	+36
Mar 27	3.782	3.810	3.757	3.807	+38
Apr 27	3.407	3.425	3.383	3.424	+30
May 27	3.364	3.395	3.358	3.395	+27
Jun 27	3.519	3.545	3.506	3.545	+29
Jul 27	3.704	3.715	3.704	3.715	+22
Aug 27	3.763	3.767	3.744	3.765	+12
Sep 27	3.712	3.748	3.709	3.748	+29
Oct 27	3.787	3.801	3.787	3.799	+21
Nov 27	4.000	4.000	4.000	4.000	+14
Dec 27	4.425	4.441	4.402	4.435	+25
Jan 28	4.700	4.705	4.700	4.705	-2
Mar 28	3.740	3.740	3.740	3.740	-2
Apr 28	3.270	3.270	3.270	3.270	-2
Nov 28	3.914	3.917	3.914	3.917	-13
Oct 29	3.620	3.620	3.620	3.620	+12
Dec 29	4.237	4.237	4.237	4.237	+4
	Est. sales 397,501	Wed.'s sales 457,299
	Wed.'s open int 1,603,960	up 17,372

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