BC-OILS

Key Points

The price of light sweet crude for October 2025 increased by $1.58, closing at $65.59 per barrel.
Heating oil prices also saw a rise, with October 2025 contracts settling at 237.44 cents per gallon, up by 10.46 cents.
Natural gas prices for the October contract rose to $3.009, a gain of 12 cents from the previous session.
The estimated total sales across the futures markets were 894,366 for light sweet crude, representing a significant trading activity day.
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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.
Oct 25	63.95	66.03	63.66	65.59	+1.58
Nov 25	63.47	65.43	63.13	65.08	+1.62
Dec 25	62.99	64.91	62.65	64.64	+1.65
Jan 26	62.73	64.56	62.41	64.34	+1.64
Feb 26	62.58	64.31	62.25	64.13	+1.62
Mar 26	62.45	64.13	62.15	64.00	+1.60
Apr 26	62.26	64.02	62.11	63.91	+1.58
May 26	62.16	63.90	62.11	63.84	+1.56
Jun 26	62.29	63.88	62.02	63.78	+1.55
Jul 26	62.21	63.71	62.00	63.70	+1.55
Aug 26	61.94	63.66	61.94	63.60	+1.52
Sep 26	61.94	63.60	61.87	63.55	+1.51
Oct 26	63.53	63.55	63.53	63.51	+1.51
Nov 26				63.49	+1.49
Dec 26	62.22	63.56	61.81	63.48	+1.49
Jan 27				63.42	+1.47
Feb 27				63.36	+1.44
Mar 27				63.33	+1.42
Apr 27				63.33	+1.40
May 27				63.37	+1.39
Jun 27	62.01	63.46	61.96	63.40	+1.37
Jul 27				63.38	+1.35
Aug 27				63.38	+1.33
Sep 27				63.41	+1.32
Oct 27				63.44	+1.31
Nov 27				63.48	+1.29
Dec 27	62.38	63.62	62.20	63.54	+1.27
Jan 28				63.54	+1.25
Feb 28				63.53	+1.22
Mar 28				63.54	+1.21
Apr 28				63.56	+1.20
May 28				63.61	+1.19
Jun 28	63.31	63.61	63.31	63.66	+1.17
Jul 28				63.66	+1.15
Aug 28				63.67	+1.14
Sep 28				63.68	+1.12
Oct 28				63.71	+1.10
Nov 28				63.77	+1.10
Dec 28	62.90	63.88	62.75	63.81	+1.10
Jan 29				63.80	+1.11
Feb 29				63.79	+1.07
Mar 29				63.83	+1.06
Apr 29				63.87	+1.05
May 29				63.83	+1.03
Jun 29				63.88	+1.02
Jul 29				63.88	+1.01
Aug 29				63.88	+1.00
Sep 29				63.90	+.99
Oct 29				63.92	+.98
Nov 29				63.94	+.97
Dec 29	64.00	64.00	63.85	63.97	+.96
Jan 30				63.95	+.95
Feb 30				63.93	+.93
Mar 30				63.93	+.92
Apr 30				63.92	+.91
May 30				63.94	+.89
Jun 30				63.95	+.88
Jul 30				63.92	+.87
Aug 30				63.90	+.86
Sep 30				63.91	+.85
Oct 30				63.91	+.83
Nov 30				63.94	+.82
Dec 30				63.96	+.81
Jun 31				63.84	+.73
Dec 31				63.76	+.65
Jun 32				63.58	+.59
Dec 32				63.43	+.53
Jun 33				63.16	+.47
Dec 33				62.96	+.41
	Est. sales 894,366	Fri.'s sales 430,639
	Fri.'s open int 1,980,923	down 28,218
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Oct 25	226.56	237.84	224.64	237.44	+10.46
Nov 25	226.11	236.41	223.89	236.09	+9.96
Dec 25	223.99	233.98	222.49	233.69	+9.16
Jan 26	223.48	232.88	222.15	232.60	+8.60
Feb 26	222.91	231.54	221.12	231.28	+8.14
Mar 26	220.40	229.11	219.68	228.95	+7.81
Apr 26	218.19	226.20	217.11	226.16	+7.55
May 26	216.84	224.19	215.56	224.16	+7.09
Jun 26	216.03	222.72	214.03	222.60	+6.66
Jul 26	219.35	219.40	219.35	222.32	+6.32
Aug 26	220.05	220.05	220.05	222.39	+6.07
Sep 26	220.50	222.20	220.24	222.72	+5.91
Oct 26				223.03	+5.79
Nov 26				222.97	+5.71
Dec 26	216.30	222.72	216.21	222.60	+5.67
Jan 27	222.99	222.99	222.99	222.69	+5.64
	Est. sales 229,577	Fri.'s sales 107,752
	Fri.'s open int 349,889	up 9,972
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Oct 25	1.9638	2.0445	1.9550	2.0428	+739
Nov 25	1.9104	1.9830	1.9014	1.9811	+677
Dec 25	1.8729	1.9351	1.8610	1.9329	+592
Jan 26	1.8557	1.9131	1.8464	1.9104	+537
Feb 26	1.8537	1.9138	1.8496	1.9112	+515
Mar 26	1.8706	1.9295	1.8661	1.9274	+514
Apr 26	2.0587	2.1138	2.0587	2.1142	+498
May 26	2.0607	2.1153	2.0595	2.1154	+468
Jun 26	2.0604	2.1053	2.0498	2.1043	+438
Jul 26	2.0611	2.0848	2.0601	2.0851	+412
Aug 26	2.0450	2.0601	2.0450	2.0607	+391
Sep 26	2.0129	2.0300	2.0103	2.0286	+368
Oct 26				1.8924	+347
Nov 26				1.8558	+315
Dec 26	1.8288	1.8330	1.8105	1.8315	+286
Jan 27				1.8233	+262
Feb 27				1.8284	+243
Mar 27				1.8433	+243
Apr 27				2.0379	+243
May 27				2.0432	+243
Jun 27				2.0432	+243
Jul 27				2.0331	+243
Aug 27				2.0179	+243
Sep 27				1.9889	+243
Oct 27				1.8608	+243
Nov 27				1.8336	+243
Dec 27				1.8157	+243
Jan 28				1.8146	+243
Feb 28				1.8279	+243
Mar 28				1.8476	+243
Apr 28				2.0368	+243
May 28				2.0535	+243
Jun 28				2.0492	+243
Jul 28				2.0393	+243
Aug 28				2.0236	+243
Sep 28				1.9926	+243
Oct 28				1.8655	+243
	Est. sales 237,606	Fri.'s sales 90,990
	Fri.'s open int 315,319	up 2,689
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Oct 25	2.972	3.065	2.869	3.009	+12
Nov 25	3.333	3.398	3.221	3.335	+2
Dec 25	3.894	3.975	3.808	3.900	-14
Jan 26	4.216	4.302	4.140	4.231	-12
Feb 26	3.997	4.057	3.921	4.000	-8
Mar 26	3.613	3.660	3.550	3.605	-14
Apr 26	3.472	3.521	3.425	3.471	-16
May 26	3.505	3.557	3.465	3.508	-17
Jun 26	3.687	3.733	3.655	3.688	-21
Jul 26	3.906	3.927	3.856	3.882	-24
Aug 26	3.933	3.978	3.911	3.930	-30
Sep 26	3.889	3.934	3.866	3.884	-34
Oct 26	3.926	3.972	3.903	3.922	-34
Nov 26	4.134	4.175	4.124	4.137	-28
Dec 26	4.551	4.564	4.511	4.526	-31
Jan 27	4.808	4.808	4.754	4.777	-28
Feb 27	4.441	4.462	4.430	4.440	-18
Mar 27	3.852	3.866	3.829	3.850	-14
Apr 27	3.453	3.459	3.430	3.430	-18
May 27	3.426	3.431	3.415	3.418	-3
Jun 27	3.581	3.581	3.563	3.564	-4
Jul 27	3.768	3.768	3.732	3.732	-8
Aug 27	3.800	3.803	3.787	3.791	-4
Sep 27	3.756	3.770	3.754	3.759	-3
Oct 27	3.795	3.821	3.795	3.807	-13
Nov 27	4.030	4.030	4.022	4.022	-7
Dec 27	4.457	4.457	4.437	4.450	-8
Jan 28	4.745	4.745	4.743	4.743	-11
Apr 28	3.285	3.285	3.285	3.285	-3
May 28	3.255	3.255	3.255	3.255	-2
Jul 28	3.585	3.585	3.585	3.585	-1
Aug 28	3.639	3.639	3.639	3.639	-15
Sep 28	3.643	3.643	3.617	3.617	-17
Oct 28	3.688	3.688	3.688	3.688	-9
Nov 28	3.906	3.906	3.894	3.894	-43
Dec 28	4.363	4.363	4.332	4.332	-59
	Est. sales 510,886	Fri.'s sales 395,992
	Fri.'s open int 1,620,175	up 11,999

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