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Key Points

  • Light sweet crude oil futures showed an upward trend, with the settlement for October 25 at $63.30, an increase of $0.61.
  • Heating oil prices rose significantly, with October 25 settling at $233.11, gaining $4.11.
  • Natural gas futures were trading around $3.043, up by $0.102 for the same date.
  • Overall, trading volumes on Friday showed a decrease in open interest for light crude by 19,773 contracts.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by October 1st.

xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday:

OpenHighLowSettleChg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Oct 2562.9763.6762.5263.30+.61
Nov 2562.6963.3862.2663.02+.60
Dec 2562.4263.1162.0462.76+.57
Jan 2662.3362.9461.9262.60+.54
Feb 2662.2662.8361.9262.49+.50
Mar 2662.2362.7661.8662.43+.48
Apr 2661.8662.7061.8562.39+.47
May 2662.1362.6562.1362.36+.45
Jun 2662.1562.6561.8062.33+.44
Jul 2661.8062.4461.7162.27+.42
Aug 2662.0462.3262.0262.21+.40
Sep 2662.0062.4661.9662.16+.39
Oct 2662.11+.37
Nov 2662.11+.36
Dec 2661.6762.4261.6762.12+.35
Jan 2762.08+.34
Feb 2762.05+.33
Mar 2762.04+.31
Apr 2762.07+.29
May 2762.14+.29
Jun 2762.1362.3662.0762.20+.29
Jul 2762.1362.1362.1362.20+.28
Aug 2762.22+.26
Sep 2762.28+.26
Oct 2762.34+.26
Nov 2762.41+.25
Dec 2762.3062.7262.3062.49+.24
Jan 2862.52+.24
Feb 2862.54+.25
Mar 2862.57+.23
Apr 2862.61+.21
May 2862.69+.21
Jun 2862.75+.20
Jul 2862.76+.19
Aug 2862.80+.20
Sep 2862.85+.19
Oct 2862.91+.19
Nov 2862.98+.18
Dec 2862.9463.1762.9163.04+.17
Jan 2963.05+.17
Feb 2963.07+.16
Mar 2963.11+.16
Apr 2963.15+.16
May 2963.15+.15
Jun 2963.24+.15
Jul 2963.28+.15
Aug 2963.29+.14
Sep 2963.32+.14
Oct 2963.35+.13
Nov 2963.40+.13
Dec 2963.46+.12
Jan 3063.46+.12
Feb 3063.45+.11
Mar 3063.46+.11
Apr 3063.48+.11
May 3063.50+.10
Jun 3063.54+.10
Jul 3063.53+.10
Aug 3063.51+.09
Sep 3063.55+.09
Oct 3063.57+.09
Nov 3063.61+.08
Dec 3063.64+.08
Jun 3163.61+.08
Dec 3163.61+.07
Jun 3263.54+.06
Dec 3263.42+.05
Jun 3363.20+.03
Dec 3363.080
Est. sales 479,965Fri.'s sales 847,678
Fri.'s open int 1,986,373down 19,773
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Oct 25229.81234.34229.09233.11+4.11
Nov 25228.65233.58228.52232.41+4.04
Dec 25227.58231.22226.70230.03+3.62
Jan 26225.98229.98225.98228.93+3.46
Feb 26225.19228.75225.19227.76+3.24
Mar 26223.06226.16223.06225.39+3.11
Apr 26220.24223.10220.24222.47+2.94
May 26218.57221.02218.57220.47+2.72
Jun 26216.89219.50216.89219.01+2.53
Jul 26217.92219.20217.92218.83+2.40
Aug 26219.30219.30219.30218.97+2.30
Sep 26219.83219.83219.83219.42+2.24
Oct 26219.88+2.21
Nov 26219.90+2.18
Dec 26218.90220.00218.45219.56+2.20
Jan 27219.51219.70219.51219.69+2.17
Est. sales 106,279Fri.'s sales 153,043
Fri.'s open int 393,279down 611
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Oct 251.99502.02101.98232.0134+280
Nov 251.93381.96001.92491.9520+232
Dec 251.88831.91011.88001.9023+199
Jan 261.86121.88591.86081.8792+190
Feb 261.86421.88831.86421.8823+186
Mar 261.88241.90591.88241.9001+185
Apr 262.07882.09132.07362.0876+195
May 262.08022.09372.07582.0901+194
Jun 262.06862.08222.06432.0787+191
Jul 262.04542.06102.04412.0580+188
Aug 262.02182.03302.02182.0311+180
Sep 261.99461.99931.99191.9969+174
Oct 261.85741.85741.85741.8591+165
Nov 261.8244+166
Dec 261.79651.80531.79621.8016+169
Jan 271.7928+172
Feb 271.7975+172
Mar 271.8121+172
Apr 272.0065+172
May 272.0115+172
Jun 272.0112+172
Jul 272.0007+172
Aug 271.9853+172
Sep 271.9560+172
Oct 271.8276+172
Nov 271.8001+172
Dec 271.7820+172
Jan 281.7809+172
Feb 281.7942+172
Mar 281.8139+172
Apr 282.0032+172
May 282.0199+172
Jun 282.0156+172
Jul 282.0057+172
Aug 281.9901+172
Sep 281.9596+172
Oct 281.8325+172
Est. sales 114,506Fri.'s sales 155,474
Fri.'s open int 356,698up 10,962
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Oct 252.9513.0472.9163.043+102
Nov 253.1993.3043.1733.300+93
Dec 253.8063.8803.7833.877+66
Jan 264.1334.1834.0964.181+61
Feb 263.9203.9773.8943.974+60
Mar 263.5793.6193.5473.617+50
Apr 263.4643.4893.4253.485+41
May 263.4953.5203.4583.517+41
Jun 263.6633.6853.6243.682+39
Jul 263.8513.8693.8103.866+36
Aug 263.9003.9173.8593.915+35
Sep 263.8593.8763.8143.874+34
Oct 263.9063.9183.8563.918+31
Nov 264.0864.1234.0564.122+33
Dec 264.4804.5234.4514.521+37
Jan 274.7434.7774.7094.776+35
Feb 274.4084.4404.3794.440+36
Mar 273.8213.8523.7963.852+34
Apr 273.4243.4403.3873.439+30
May 273.3993.4203.3753.420+27
Jun 273.5413.5493.5153.549+17
Jul 273.7043.7233.6773.723+31
Aug 273.7593.7593.7593.759+15
Sep 273.7163.7253.6983.721+11
Oct 273.7553.7943.7553.794+24
Nov 273.9803.9853.9793.979+1
Dec 274.3954.4084.3884.398-1
Apr 283.2403.2413.2403.241+24
Jul 283.5163.5203.5163.520+7
Aug 283.5853.5853.5803.580+3
Sep 283.5543.5543.5543.5540
Nov 283.8643.8663.8643.866+22
Dec 284.2904.2904.2904.290-1
Est. sales 333,986Fri.'s sales 456,182
Fri.'s open int 1,639,702up 6,266

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