BC-OILS

Key Points

Light sweet crude oil prices increased slightly, with November 2025 futures rising to $59.49 per barrel, a change of +0.59.
Heating oil futures also saw a positive shift, closing at 224.97 cents per gallon, up by 4.53 cents.
Natural gas futures showed mixed results, with November 2025 priced at $3.118 per mm btu, an increase of +12.
Trading volumes for light sweet crude oil estimated sales reached 712,861 contracts, compared to 1,004,018 from the previous Friday's sales.
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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.
Nov 25	59.00	60.17	59.00	59.49	+.59
Dec 25	58.65	59.69	58.41	59.07	+.59
Jan 26	58.38	59.44	58.38	58.89	+.62
Feb 26	58.38	59.32	58.34	58.82	+.64
Mar 26	58.39	59.27	58.39	58.84	+.65
Apr 26	58.93	59.30	58.56	58.92	+.67
May 26	58.75	59.36	58.66	59.02	+.69
Jun 26	58.37	59.44	58.37	59.11	+.70
Jul 26	58.73	59.48	58.73	59.17	+.70
Aug 26	59.19	59.45	58.85	59.22	+.71
Sep 26	59.09	59.50	58.93	59.26	+.71
Oct 26	59.24	59.52	58.95	59.30	+.71
Nov 26	57.57	59.58	57.57	59.37	+.70
Dec 26	58.41	59.66	58.41	59.44	+.69
Jan 27	59.88	59.88	59.88	59.48	+.69
Feb 27				59.52	+.69
Mar 27				59.58	+.68
Apr 27				59.68	+.67
May 27				59.80	+.66
Jun 27	59.65	60.11	59.50	59.92	+.65
Jul 27				60.00	+.65
Aug 27				60.08	+.65
Sep 27				60.18	+.64
Oct 27				60.28	+.63
Nov 27				60.41	+.63
Dec 27	60.10	60.71	60.07	60.54	+.62
Jan 28				60.62	+.61
Feb 28				60.70	+.61
Mar 28	60.70	60.70	60.70	60.80	+.61
Apr 28				60.92	+.61
May 28				61.05	+.60
Jun 28	61.00	61.08	60.99	61.15	+.59
Jul 28				61.20	+.58
Aug 28				61.29	+.58
Sep 28				61.39	+.58
Oct 28				61.49	+.58
Nov 28				61.61	+.57
Dec 28	61.40	61.82	61.40	61.74	+.58
Jan 29				61.82	+.59
Feb 29				61.88	+.59
Mar 29				61.95	+.60
Apr 29				62.02	+.60
May 29				62.11	+.61
Jun 29				62.23	+.61
Jul 29				62.29	+.61
Aug 29				62.30	+.60
Sep 29				62.33	+.59
Oct 29				62.38	+.58
Nov 29				62.50	+.58
Dec 29	62.50	62.62	62.48	62.62	+.57
Jan 30				62.68	+.57
Feb 30				62.71	+.57
Mar 30				62.74	+.58
Apr 30				62.77	+.58
May 30				62.81	+.58
Jun 30				62.89	+.58
Jul 30				62.91	+.58
Aug 30				62.94	+.58
Sep 30				63.00	+.58
Oct 30				63.06	+.58
Nov 30				63.11	+.58
Dec 30	62.40	63.15	62.40	63.16	+.58
Jun 31				63.32	+.61
Dec 31	63.16	63.60	63.16	63.48	+.63
Jun 32				63.55	+.63
Dec 32				63.63	+.64
Jun 33				63.62	+.64
Dec 33				63.55	+.65
	Est. sales 712,861	Fri.'s sales 1,004,018
	Fri.'s open int 2,041,160	up 27,992
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Nov 25	221.23	226.00	220.72	224.97	+4.53
Dec 25	218.59	223.59	218.59	222.40	+3.81
Jan 26	220.38	222.44	219.16	221.28	+3.55
Feb 26	217.81	221.38	217.81	220.24	+3.38
Mar 26	215.73	219.05	215.73	217.97	+3.16
Apr 26	214.85	216.30	214.41	215.21	+2.94
May 26	212.85	214.35	212.49	213.28	+2.74
Jun 26	211.29	213.12	210.54	212.09	+2.59
Jul 26	211.80	212.79	211.80	212.22	+2.45
Aug 26	212.33	213.16	212.33	212.65	+2.37
Sep 26	212.97	214.12	212.97	213.32	+2.32
Oct 26	213.69	214.38	213.69	214.01	+2.30
Nov 26	215.33	215.89	215.33	214.36	+2.27
Dec 26	213.69	214.90	213.22	214.45	+2.24
Jan 27	215.00	215.00	215.00	214.89	+2.22
Feb 27	215.25	215.25	215.25	214.91	+2.20
	Est. sales 148,393	Fri.'s sales 168,627
	Fri.'s open int 393,729	up 7,434
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Nov 25	1.8124	1.8548	1.8124	1.8438	+234
Dec 25	1.7731	1.8088	1.7691	1.7976	+217
Jan 26	1.7544	1.7887	1.7544	1.7771	+197
Feb 26	1.7748	1.7941	1.7715	1.7819	+187
Mar 26	1.7715	1.8123	1.7715	1.7998	+175
Apr 26	2.0022	2.0110	1.9923	1.9993	+177
May 26	2.0003	2.0150	1.9978	2.0035	+177
Jun 26	1.9985	2.0068	1.9891	1.9953	+180
Jul 26	1.9878	1.9880	1.9771	1.9773	+180
Aug 26	1.9624	1.9630	1.9566	1.9539	+181
Sep 26	1.9249	1.9271	1.9218	1.9229	+178
Oct 26	1.7838	1.7899	1.7838	1.7886	+182
Nov 26	1.7600	1.7620	1.7600	1.7564	+182
Dec 26	1.7399	1.7412	1.7321	1.7351	+181
Jan 27				1.7272	+182
Feb 27				1.7324	+181
Mar 27				1.7464	+181
Apr 27				1.9407	+181
May 27				1.9468	+181
Jun 27				1.9445	+181
Jul 27				1.9325	+181
Aug 27				1.9167	+181
Sep 27				1.8868	+181
Oct 27				1.7580	+181
Nov 27				1.7302	+181
Dec 27				1.7116	+181
Jan 28				1.7101	+181
Feb 28				1.7227	+181
Mar 28				1.7418	+181
Apr 28				1.9305	+181
May 28				1.9465	+181
Jun 28				1.9420	+181
Jul 28				1.9318	+181
Aug 28				1.9159	+181
Sep 28				1.8852	+181
Oct 28				1.7579	+181
Nov 28				1.7281	+181
	Est. sales 120,038	Fri.'s sales 162,288
	Fri.'s open int 368,554	down 248
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Nov 25	3.100	3.138	3.029	3.118	+12
Dec 25	3.785	3.822	3.700	3.775	-18
Jan 26	4.107	4.151	4.040	4.114	-11
Feb 26	3.929	3.956	3.861	3.925	-8
Mar 26	3.583	3.623	3.536	3.594	-5
Apr 26	3.495	3.520	3.460	3.506	+8
May 26	3.532	3.556	3.497	3.546	+11
Jun 26	3.717	3.728	3.672	3.724	+12
Jul 26	3.911	3.944	3.885	3.929	+7
Aug 26	3.990	3.999	3.945	3.981	+5
Sep 26	3.936	3.959	3.908	3.945	+5
Oct 26	3.984	4.001	3.951	3.991	+3
Nov 26	4.196	4.210	4.168	4.203	0
Dec 26	4.617	4.630	4.591	4.625	0
Jan 27	4.867	4.867	4.838	4.868	-5
Feb 27	4.527	4.529	4.503	4.530	-5
Mar 27	3.920	3.920	3.895	3.908	-15
Apr 27	3.486	3.488	3.465	3.480	-14
May 27	3.467	3.467	3.442	3.454	-13
Jun 27	3.589	3.592	3.574	3.583	-12
Jul 27	3.755	3.757	3.734	3.746	-15
Aug 27	3.806	3.807	3.781	3.795	-14
Sep 27	3.772	3.775	3.760	3.763	-13
Oct 27	3.834	3.836	3.819	3.826	-12
Nov 27	4.026	4.026	4.016	4.023	-16
Dec 27	4.466	4.466	4.438	4.448	-15
Jan 28				4.733	-15
Feb 28				4.357	-14
Mar 28				3.734	-11
Apr 28	3.304	3.304	3.304	3.313	-5
May 28				3.294	-5
Jun 28				3.434	-6
Jul 28				3.604	-8
Aug 28				3.662	-6
Sep 28				3.637	-8
Oct 28				3.696	-7
Nov 28				3.882	-7
Dec 28				4.313	-8
Jan 29				4.591	-8
Feb 29				4.304	-9
Mar 29				3.613	-7
Apr 29				3.174	-6
May 29				3.168	-5
Jun 29				3.327	-4
Jul 29				3.505	-3
Aug 29				3.572	-2
Sep 29				3.560	0
Oct 29				3.628	+1
Nov 29				3.819	+2
Dec 29				4.269	+3
Jan 30				4.550	+4
Feb 30				4.280	+5
Mar 30				3.660	+6
Apr 30				3.179	+21
May 30				3.146	+21
Jun 30				3.287	+21
Jul 30				3.440	+21
Aug 30				3.504	+21
Sep 30				3.476	+21
Oct 30	3.485	3.485	3.485	3.553	+21
Nov 30				3.752	+21
Dec 30				4.172	+21
Jan 31				4.432	+21
Feb 31				4.152	+21
Mar 31				3.504	+21
Apr 31				3.046	+21
May 31				3.049	+21
Jun 31				3.194	+21
Jul 31				3.354	+21
Aug 31				3.404	+21
Sep 31				3.374	+21
Oct 31				3.429	+21
Nov 31				3.625	+21
Dec 31				4.054	+21
Jan 32				4.322	+21
Feb 32				4.019	+21
Mar 32				3.340	+21
Apr 32				2.875	+21
May 32				2.865	+21
Jun 32				3.010	+21
Jul 32				3.170	+21
Aug 32				3.235	+21
Sep 32				3.210	+21
Oct 32				3.285	+21
Nov 32				3.515	+21
Dec 32				3.945	+21
Jan 33				4.195	+21
Feb 33				3.930	+21
Mar 33				3.310	+21
Apr 33				2.860	+21
May 33				2.890	+21
Jun 33				3.032	+21
Jul 33				3.197	+21
Aug 33				3.237	+21
Sep 33				3.212	+21
Oct 33				3.258	+21
Nov 33				3.518	+21
Dec 33				3.918	+21
Jan 34				4.173	+21
Feb 34				3.933	+21
Mar 34				3.333	+21
Apr 34				2.933	+21
May 34				2.963	+21
Jun 34				3.093	+21
Jul 34				3.238	+21
Aug 34				3.278	+21
Sep 34				3.293	+21
Oct 34				3.339	+21
Nov 34				3.579	+21
Dec 34				3.979	+21
Jan 35				4.199	+21
Feb 35				3.959	+21
Mar 35				3.529	+21
Apr 35				3.199	+21
May 35				3.177	+21
Jun 35				3.212	+21
Jul 35				3.252	+21
Aug 35				3.292	+21
Sep 35				3.307	+21
Oct 35				3.353	+21
Nov 35				3.553	+21
Dec 35				3.853	+21
Jan 36				4.123	+21
Feb 36				3.953	+21
Mar 36				3.683	+21
Apr 36				3.353	+21
May 36				3.331	+21
Jun 36				3.366	+21
Jul 36				3.406	+21
Aug 36				3.446	+21
Sep 36				3.461	+21
Oct 36				3.507	+21
Nov 36				3.579	+21
Dec 36				3.734	+21
Jan 37				3.959	+21
Feb 37				3.809	+21
Mar 37				3.609	+21
Apr 37				3.279	+21
May 37				3.257	+21
Jun 37				3.292	+21
Jul 37				3.332	+21
Aug 37				3.372	+21
Sep 37				3.387	+21
Oct 37				3.433	+21
Nov 37				3.505	+21
Dec 37				3.660	+21
	Est. sales 413,351	Fri.'s sales 511,233
	Fri.'s open int 1,635,196	up 11,978

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