BC-OILS

Key Points

Light Sweet Crude Oil saw a slight decrease in prices, with the October contract settling at $62.64, down $.04.
Heating Oil contracts also experienced declines, with the October contract settling at $229.23, down $.66.
In contrast, the NY Harbor RBOB Gasoline market showed gains, closing the October contract at $1.9782, an increase of $.75.
Natural Gas futures fell significantly, with the October contract settling at $2.806, down $.82.
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xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday:

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Oct 25	62.74	63.18	61.98	62.64	-.04
Nov 25	62.30	63.00	61.61	62.28	-.12
Dec 25	61.92	62.55	61.26	61.90	-.08
Jan 26	61.67	62.25	61.03	61.66	-.04
Feb 26	61.46	62.05	60.90	61.51	-.01
Mar 26	61.44	61.95	60.85	61.43	0
Apr 26	61.48	61.85	60.86	61.40	+.02
May 26	61.68	61.81	60.85	61.39	+.03
Jun 26	61.31	61.81	60.85	61.38	+.04
Jul 26	61.63	61.69	60.85	61.33	+.04
Aug 26	61.64	61.64	60.88	61.33	+.10
Sep 26	61.46	61.63	60.73	61.25	+.07
Oct 26	61.13	61.25	61.13	61.25	+.11
Dec 26	61.15	61.58	60.73	61.26	+.12
Mar 27	60.80	61.30	60.72	61.30	+.21
Jun 27	61.55	61.60	60.98	61.43	+.17
Dec 27	61.69	61.96	61.35	61.82	+.21
Dec 28	62.64	62.64	62.21	62.59	+.28
Dec 29	62.89	62.89	62.89	62.89	+.04
	Est. sales 569,255	Fri.'s sales 636,994
	Fri.'s open int 1,984,037	down 36,636
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Oct 25	230.22	232.79	227.13	229.23	-.66
Nov 25	229.47	232.28	226.74	228.64	-.74
Dec 25	227.35	230.04	224.94	226.52	-.87
Jan 26	226.63	228.81	223.90	225.37	-.90
Feb 26	225.60	227.59	222.90	224.33	-.89
Mar 26	223.81	225.16	220.75	222.11	-.76
Apr 26	221.19	222.17	218.04	219.35	-.64
May 26	218.52	220.21	216.26	217.65	-.45
Jun 26	216.64	218.83	215.13	216.54	-.24
Jul 26	216.53	216.53	216.53	216.60	-.08
Aug 26				216.83	+.01
Sep 26	217.30	217.30	217.20	217.28	+.07
Oct 26				217.69	+.11
Nov 26				217.64	+.13
Dec 26	217.48	218.86	215.86	217.27	+.15
Jan 27	217.00	217.00	217.00	217.39	+.17
	Est. sales 113,078	Fri.'s sales 108,519
	Fri.'s open int 404,335	up 2,031
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Oct 25	1.9700	1.9908	1.9482	1.9782	+75
Nov 25	1.9112	1.9324	1.8914	1.9180	+54
Dec 25	1.8651	1.8843	1.8453	1.8687	+36
Jan 26	1.8403	1.8611	1.8247	1.8458	+23
Feb 26	1.8491	1.8617	1.8290	1.8498	+26
Mar 26	1.8600	1.8818	1.8475	1.8683	+31
Apr 26	2.0635	2.0635	2.0410	2.0603	+34
May 26	2.0661	2.0710	2.0429	2.0628	+32
Jun 26	2.0425	2.0604	2.0322	2.0517	+31
Jul 26	2.0135	2.0144	2.0129	2.0321	+31
Aug 26	1.9879	2.0074	1.9876	2.0064	+34
Sep 26	1.9552	1.9716	1.9551	1.9733	+37
Oct 26				1.8338	+45
Nov 26	1.8042	1.8042	1.7949	1.7993	+51
Dec 26	1.7726	1.7810	1.7619	1.7771	+59
Jan 27				1.7689	+70
Feb 27				1.7732	+68
Mar 27				1.7875	+68
Apr 27				1.9816	+68
May 27				1.9861	+67
Jun 27				1.9854	+66
Jul 27				1.9734	+66
Aug 27				1.9579	+66
Sep 27				1.9286	+66
Oct 27				1.8002	+66
Nov 27				1.7726	+66
Dec 27				1.7545	+66
Jan 28				1.7533	+66
Feb 28				1.7664	+66
Mar 28				1.7860	+66
Apr 28				1.9752	+66
May 28				1.9917	+66
Jun 28				1.9873	+66
Jul 28				1.9773	+66
Aug 28				1.9615	+66
Sep 28				1.9309	+66
Oct 28				1.8037	+66
	Est. sales 107,317	Fri.'s sales 118,614
	Fri.'s open int 366,355	down 2,584
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Oct 25	2.909	2.945	2.804	2.806	-82
Nov 25	3.198	3.233	3.091	3.097	-93
Dec 25	3.855	3.874	3.738	3.741	-93
Jan 26	4.166	4.196	4.071	4.074	-82
Feb 26	3.953	3.978	3.868	3.872	-74
Mar 26	3.591	3.616	3.519	3.523	-67
Apr 26	3.461	3.487	3.405	3.408	-56
May 26	3.513	3.513	3.440	3.443	-50
Jun 26	3.668	3.685	3.617	3.621	-41
Jul 26	3.888	3.892	3.828	3.831	-34
Aug 26	3.931	3.932	3.873	3.876	-36
Sep 26	3.890	3.891	3.831	3.834	-35
Oct 26	3.935	3.935	3.876	3.880	-35
Nov 26	4.134	4.134	4.091	4.093	-26
Dec 26	4.549	4.550	4.513	4.519	-14
Jan 27	4.799	4.803	4.766	4.771	-16
Feb 27	4.399	4.463	4.399	4.437	-11
Mar 27	3.808	3.863	3.808	3.842	-10
Apr 27	3.465	3.465	3.445	3.449	-1
May 27	3.436	3.446	3.431	3.434	+2
Jun 27	3.584	3.584	3.574	3.573	-2
Jul 27	3.748	3.755	3.746	3.746	+1
Aug 27	3.797	3.805	3.791	3.793	-1
Sep 27	3.760	3.768	3.752	3.755	-3
Oct 27	3.820	3.823	3.809	3.813	-4
Nov 27	4.025	4.032	4.025	4.025	-3
Dec 27	4.445	4.456	4.443	4.448	+1
Jan 28				4.734	+2
Feb 28				4.367	+2
Mar 28				3.724	+1
Apr 28	3.277	3.277	3.272	3.274	+1
May 28				3.255	+1
Jun 28				3.404	+1
Jul 28				3.578	+1
Aug 28				3.638	-2
Sep 28				3.612	-4
Oct 28				3.676	-2
Nov 28				3.904	-4
Dec 28	4.330	4.330	4.330	4.356	-2
Jan 29	4.600	4.600	4.600	4.605	-6
Feb 29				4.312	+4
Mar 29				3.614	+5
Apr 29				3.162	+8
May 29				3.141	+7
Jun 29				3.299	+8
Jul 29				3.485	+10
Aug 29				3.552	+11
Sep 29				3.540	+12
Oct 29				3.613	+13
Nov 29				3.817	+15
Dec 29				4.263	+16
Jan 30				4.527	+27
Feb 30				4.268	+27
Mar 30				3.640	+28
Apr 30				3.129	+18
May 30				3.087	+17
Jun 30				3.227	+17
Jul 30				3.387	+17
Aug 30				3.449	+16
Sep 30				3.423	+16
Oct 30				3.517	+15
Nov 30				3.712	+15
Dec 30				4.138	+15
Jan 31				4.402	+14
Feb 31				4.126	+14
Mar 31				3.501	+14
Apr 31				3.096	+13
May 31				3.109	+13
Jun 31				3.235	+12
Jul 31				3.376	+12
Aug 31				3.415	+12
Sep 31				3.374	+11
Oct 31				3.432	+11
Nov 31				3.638	+11
Dec 31				4.078	+10
Jan 32				4.342	+10
Feb 32				4.040	+9
Mar 32				3.361	0
Apr 32				2.897	0
May 32				2.877	0
Jun 32				3.027	0
Jul 32				3.187	0
Aug 32				3.219	0
Sep 32				3.194	0
Oct 32				3.269	0
Nov 32				3.499	0
Dec 32				3.929	0
Jan 33				4.179	0
Feb 33				3.914	0
Mar 33				3.294	0
Apr 33				2.844	0
May 33				2.874	0
Jun 33				3.016	0
Jul 33				3.181	0
Aug 33				3.221	0
Sep 33				3.196	0
Oct 33				3.242	0
Nov 33				3.502	0
Dec 33				3.902	0
Jan 34				4.157	0
Feb 34				3.917	0
Mar 34				3.317	0
Apr 34				2.917	0
May 34				2.947	0
Jun 34				3.077	0
Jul 34				3.222	0
Aug 34				3.262	0
Sep 34				3.277	0
Oct 34				3.323	0
Nov 34				3.563	0
Dec 34				3.963	0
Jan 35				4.183	0
Feb 35				3.943	0
Mar 35				3.513	0
Apr 35				3.183	0
May 35				3.161	0
Jun 35				3.196	0
Jul 35				3.236	0
Aug 35				3.276	0
Sep 35				3.291	0
Oct 35				3.337	0
Nov 35				3.537	0
Dec 35				3.837	0
Jan 36				4.107	0
Feb 36				3.937	0
Mar 36				3.667	0
Apr 36				3.337	0
May 36				3.315	0
Jun 36				3.350	0
Jul 36				3.390	0
Aug 36				3.430	0
Sep 36				3.445	0
Oct 36				3.491	0
Nov 36				3.563	0
Dec 36				3.718	0
Jan 37				3.943	0
Feb 37				3.793	0
Mar 37				3.593	0
Apr 37				3.263	0
May 37				3.241	0
Jun 37				3.276	0
Jul 37				3.316	0
Aug 37				3.356	0
Sep 37				3.371	0
Oct 37				3.417	0
Nov 37				3.489	0
Dec 37				3.644	0
	Est. sales 438,346	Fri.'s sales 451,482
	Fri.'s open int 1,617,482	down 1,586

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