BC-OILS

Key Points

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light sweet crude oil futures saw significant declines, with November 2025 settling at $63.45, down $2.27.
Heating oil futures also decreased, with November 2025 settling at 234.87 cents per gallon, a drop of 6.80 cents.
Natural gas prices showed relative stability, with November 2025 futures settling at $3.267, an increase of $0.61.
The estimated sales volume for light sweet crude was approximately 646,189 contracts, down from the previous Friday's sales of 745,270.
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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.
Nov 25	63.14	63.26	62.03	62.37	-1.08
Dec 25	62.75	62.80	61.63	61.96	-1.05
Jan 26	62.42	62.52	61.36	61.68	-1.04
Feb 26	62.17	62.28	61.18	61.48	-1.03
Mar 26	62.04	62.13	61.07	61.36	-1.01
Apr 26	61.94	62.00	61.08	61.29	-.99
May 26	61.85	61.93	60.99	61.26	-.95
Jun 26	61.87	61.95	61.02	61.22	-.92
Jul 26	61.74	61.78	61.00	61.16	-.89
Aug 26	61.67	61.68	61.07	61.09	-.87
Sep 26	61.59	61.71	60.92	61.06	-.82
Oct 26	61.35	61.40	60.90	61.39	-.42
Nov 26	61.27	61.27	60.82	61.27	-.51
Dec 26	61.68	61.68	60.77	61.17	-.59
Mar 27	61.40	61.40	61.40	61.40	-.25
Jun 27	61.53	61.61	61.05	61.32	-.45
Dec 27	61.87	61.96	61.36	61.75	-.32
Aug 28	62.50	62.50	62.50	62.50	+.07
Dec 28	62.55	62.72	62.36	62.62	-.13
Dec 29	63.15	63.25	63.08	63.08	-.21
Dec 30	63.60	63.60	63.25	63.25	-.35
Dec 31	63.71	63.71	63.58	63.58	-.15
	Est. sales 675,861	Mon.'s sales 703,571
	Mon.'s open int 2,036,263	down 51,322
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Oct 25	234.06	234.50	231.07	233.25	-2.41
Nov 25	233.44	234.50	229.97	232.41	-2.46
Dec 25	230.99	232.08	227.77	230.03	-2.36
Jan 26	229.33	230.29	226.33	228.32	-2.35
Feb 26	227.72	228.92	225.12	226.94	-2.29
Mar 26	225.29	226.26	222.74	224.39	-2.25
Apr 26	222.32	222.76	220.11	221.28	-2.17
May 26	219.00	220.62	218.12	219.25	-2.10
Jun 26	218.50	219.42	216.46	217.88	-2.02
Jul 26	218.36	218.96	216.35	217.72	-1.96
Aug 26	217.53	218.95	217.52	217.83	-1.91
Sep 26	219.00	219.01	218.84	218.22	-1.84
Oct 26	219.69	219.69	219.37	218.62	-1.78
Nov 26	219.69	219.69	219.69	218.65	-1.71
Dec 26	219.18	219.53	217.64	218.43	-1.66
Jan 27	219.38	219.38	219.38	218.63	-1.59
	Est. sales 126,511	Mon.'s sales 141,763
	Mon.'s open int 405,144	down 5,950
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Oct 25	1.9848	1.9848	1.9565	1.9729	-222
Nov 25	1.9347	1.9368	1.9000	1.9223	-194
Dec 25	1.8858	1.8888	1.8543	1.8747	-199
Jan 26	1.8619	1.8652	1.8323	1.8512	-208
Feb 26	1.8650	1.8689	1.8372	1.8550	-207
Mar 26	1.8806	1.8827	1.8586	1.8732	-203
Apr 26	2.0779	2.0779	2.0541	2.0640	-207
May 26	2.0705	2.0753	2.0571	2.0655	-210
Jun 26	2.0631	2.0686	2.0446	2.0541	-214
Jul 26	2.0383	2.0391	2.0344	2.0341	-208
Aug 26	2.0186	2.0186	2.0002	2.0084	-198
Sep 26	1.9752	1.9790	1.9752	1.9752	-189
Oct 26	1.8319	1.8319	1.8319	1.8325	-191
Nov 26	1.8075	1.8075	1.8075	1.7983	-185
Dec 26	1.7800	1.7888	1.7685	1.7768	-182
Jan 27				1.7696	-176
Feb 27				1.7744	-176
Mar 27				1.7889	-176
Apr 27				1.9823	-176
May 27				1.9866	-176
Jun 27				1.9852	-176
Jul 27				1.9730	-176
Aug 27				1.9572	-176
Sep 27				1.9274	-176
Oct 27				1.7985	-176
Nov 27				1.7706	-176
Dec 27				1.7520	-176
Jan 28				1.7505	-176
Feb 28				1.7633	-176
Mar 28				1.7825	-176
Apr 28				1.9714	-176
May 28				1.9875	-176
Jun 28				1.9831	-176
Jul 28				1.9731	-176
Aug 28				1.9573	-176
Sep 28				1.9267	-176
Oct 28				1.7995	-176
	Est. sales 121,799	Mon.'s sales 148,700
	Mon.'s open int 354,399	down 4,936
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Nov 25	3.279	3.351	3.245	3.303	+36
Dec 25	3.891	3.947	3.864	3.880	-4
Jan 26	4.188	4.245	4.166	4.177	-13
Feb 26	3.990	4.042	3.968	3.979	-11
Mar 26	3.630	3.679	3.613	3.623	-10
Apr 26	3.504	3.547	3.484	3.490	-11
May 26	3.536	3.572	3.513	3.518	-13
Jun 26	3.703	3.731	3.682	3.687	-11
Jul 26	3.898	3.919	3.880	3.885	-5
Aug 26	3.941	3.961	3.919	3.925	-8
Sep 26	3.900	3.920	3.879	3.882	-11
Oct 26	3.948	3.967	3.924	3.929	-10
Nov 26	4.149	4.161	4.124	4.129	-9
Dec 26	4.551	4.565	4.533	4.539	-6
Jan 27	4.799	4.814	4.780	4.786	-10
Feb 27	4.465	4.480	4.456	4.462	-3
Mar 27	3.877	3.892	3.871	3.880	+2
Apr 27	3.474	3.486	3.466	3.478	+7
May 27	3.453	3.469	3.453	3.461	+9
Jun 27	3.595	3.608	3.584	3.603	+13
Jul 27	3.769	3.776	3.753	3.765	+7
Aug 27	3.818	3.824	3.809	3.816	+11
Sep 27	3.781	3.791	3.776	3.784	+12
Oct 27	3.838	3.855	3.836	3.846	+11
Nov 27	4.045	4.058	4.045	4.057	+12
Dec 27	4.478	4.486	4.474	4.478	+5
Jan 28	4.754	4.775	4.754	4.775	+21
Feb 28	4.380	4.393	4.380	4.393	+7
Apr 28	3.320	3.320	3.305	3.305	0
May 28	3.291	3.291	3.288	3.288	+2
Jun 28	3.440	3.440	3.440	3.440	+3
Aug 28	3.666	3.667	3.662	3.662	-5
Sep 28	3.644	3.644	3.641	3.641	-3
Oct 28	3.700	3.700	3.693	3.693	-12
Dec 28	4.303	4.333	4.300	4.303	-69
Jan 29	4.631	4.631	4.630	4.630	-1
Feb 29	4.301	4.301	4.300	4.300	-1
Mar 29	3.603	3.603	3.603	3.603	0
	Est. sales 393,884	Mon.'s sales 367,673
	Mon.'s open int 1,627,964	up 16,538

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