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BC-OILS

Written by The Associated Press
October 20, 2025

Key Points

  • The price for light sweet crude for November 25 settled at $57.52, reflecting a decrease of 0.02 from the previous trading session.
  • In the natural gas market, the November 25 contract rose significantly to settle at $3.397, which is an increase of 389.
  • Heating oil futures reflected a modest rise, with November 25 settling at 219.21 cents per gallon, gaining 1.21 cents.
  • The estimated daily sales in the commodities market totaled 676,765 contracts, indicating a decline from 899,578 contracts from the previous session.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in November.

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.
Nov 2557.7357.8156.3557.52-.02
Dec 2557.3257.4355.9657.02-.13
Jan 2657.2657.3855.9956.99-.13
Feb 2657.2157.4456.1257.05-.13
Mar 2657.3657.5556.3157.20-.10
Apr 2657.6557.7056.5157.38-.09
May 2657.7057.7056.7557.57-.07
Jun 2657.8158.0056.9257.74-.06
Jul 2657.8457.8857.1057.87-.05
Aug 2658.1858.1857.2157.97-.06
Sep 2658.2658.2657.3258.06-.04
Oct 2658.3158.3257.4258.14-.04
Nov 2658.6258.6257.8558.24-.03
Dec 2658.4658.5157.6358.33-.04
Jan 2758.39-.04
Feb 2758.47-.03
Mar 2758.58-.01
Apr 2758.71-.01
May 2758.860
Jun 2758.9459.0058.5259.010
Jul 2759.12+.01
Aug 2759.0159.0159.0159.22+.01
Sep 2759.34+.01
Oct 2759.2659.2659.2659.47+.01
Nov 2759.62+.01
Dec 2759.6559.7659.2159.77+.01
Jan 2859.87+.01
Feb 2859.97+.01
Mar 2860.080
Apr 2860.21-.01
May 2860.35-.01
Jun 2860.48-.01
Jul 2860.55-.01
Aug 2860.64-.01
Sep 2860.76-.01
Oct 2860.88-.02
Nov 2861.02-.01
Dec 2861.0361.1360.8961.15-.01
Jan 2961.23-.01
Feb 2961.31-.01
Mar 2961.39-.01
Apr 2961.47-.01
May 2961.57-.01
Jun 2961.70-.01
Jul 2961.77-.02
Aug 2961.81-.02
Sep 2961.84-.03
Oct 2961.89-.04
Nov 2962.02-.04
Dec 2962.0162.0261.9762.15-.04
Jan 3062.22-.04
Feb 3062.27-.04
Mar 3062.30-.04
Apr 3062.35-.03
May 3062.41-.03
Jun 3062.50-.03
Jul 3062.53-.03
Aug 3062.56-.03
Sep 3062.61-.03
Oct 3062.68-.03
Nov 3062.74-.03
Dec 3062.79-.03
Jun 3162.94-.04
Dec 3163.11-.04
Jun 3263.16-.05
Dec 3263.24-.05
Jun 3363.26-.07
Dec 3363.25-.08
Est. sales 676,765Fri.'s sales 899,578
Fri.'s open int 2,083,655down 46,389
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Nov 25217.95219.79216.60219.21+1.21
Dec 25215.85217.67214.63217.21+1.22
Jan 26215.18216.81213.97216.38+1.11
Feb 26214.06215.66213.03215.36+.89
Mar 26211.97213.41211.07213.21+.65
Apr 26210.03210.69208.73210.62+.49
May 26209.11209.12207.07208.89+.33
Jun 26208.22208.22206.00207.94+.22
Jul 26207.68208.31206.91208.21+.13
Aug 26208.38208.95208.32208.77+.08
Sep 26209.67209.83208.13209.53+.04
Oct 26210.20210.22209.75210.27-.01
Nov 26210.50210.50210.50210.69-.06
Dec 26210.81211.10209.41210.80-.11
Jan 27211.50211.50211.50211.28-.14
Feb 27211.00211.50211.00211.37-.14
Est. sales 107,930Fri.'s sales 149,825
Fri.'s open int 408,982down 4,279
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Nov 251.83201.83861.80731.8302-75
Dec 251.77831.78521.75271.7753-64
Jan 261.75811.75841.72791.7497-63
Feb 261.75811.76351.73341.7546-56
Mar 261.78211.78211.75341.7740-43
Apr 261.97471.97911.95861.9783-38
May 261.97931.98381.96351.9825-30
Jun 261.97331.97381.95381.9735-25
Jul 261.94921.95591.93581.9549-24
Aug 261.92661.93181.91181.9303-28
Sep 261.88521.89961.88441.8984-34
Oct 261.75051.76011.75051.7603-73
Nov 261.71921.73501.71921.7282-74
Dec 261.70211.70781.69381.7072-75
Jan 271.6996-77
Feb 271.7052-77
Mar 271.7196-77
Apr 271.9135-77
May 271.9193-77
Jun 271.9172-77
Jul 271.9053-77
Aug 271.8897-77
Sep 271.8600-77
Oct 271.7314-77
Nov 271.7038-77
Dec 271.6862-77
Jan 281.6847-77
Feb 281.6973-77
Mar 281.7164-77
Apr 281.9051-77
May 281.9211-77
Jun 281.9166-77
Jul 281.9064-77
Aug 281.8905-77
Sep 281.8598-77
Oct 281.7325-77
Nov 281.7027-77
Est. sales 103,863Fri.'s sales 142,816
Fri.'s open int 355,209down 3,546
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Nov 253.1603.4193.1363.397+389
Dec 253.8374.0513.8294.035+294
Jan 264.1404.3304.1314.317+263
Feb 263.9304.1193.9304.109+239
Mar 263.6183.7623.6183.754+197
Apr 263.5363.6483.5313.641+167
May 263.5713.6683.5713.661+142
Jun 263.7523.8303.7383.822+129
Jul 263.9404.0133.9234.006+122
Aug 263.9824.0673.9774.060+122
Sep 263.9444.0253.9434.018+117
Oct 264.0004.0713.9844.065+119
Nov 264.2084.2734.2024.270+105
Dec 264.6304.6904.6234.689+101
Jan 274.8534.9204.8534.919+98
Feb 274.5264.5964.5264.594+96
Mar 273.8773.9523.8773.946+65
Apr 273.4633.5233.4633.516+45
May 273.4613.4973.4613.487+39
Jun 273.6123.6253.5963.614+32
Jul 273.7733.7803.7513.770+28
Aug 273.8213.8313.8003.822+30
Sep 273.7893.7983.7693.789+27
Oct 273.8463.8573.8383.850+29
Nov 274.0544.0564.0334.047+25
Dec 274.4654.4814.4574.469+25
Jan 284.7424.7424.7424.751+27
Feb 284.3804.3944.3804.379+20
Mar 283.7383.7553.7383.748+15
Apr 283.3163.3163.3153.318+14
May 283.2963.2963.2963.300+17
Jun 283.4543.4543.4373.439+15
Jul 283.6223.6223.6053.602+10
Aug 283.6623.6623.6623.660+15
Sep 283.6503.6503.6383.634+16
Oct 283.6943.6943.6943.692+17
Nov 283.8803.8803.8803.883+17
Dec 284.3024.3024.2774.309+17
Jan 294.584+17
Feb 294.291+17
Mar 293.597+17
Apr 293.169+17
May 293.154+17
Jun 293.317+18
Jul 293.499+18
Aug 293.569+18
Sep 293.551+18
Oct 293.621+18
Nov 293.811+18
Dec 294.255+18
Jan 304.520+18
Feb 304.229+19
Mar 303.604+19
Apr 303.128+19
May 303.1003.1003.1003.103+50
Jun 303.243+50
Jul 303.395+50
Aug 303.458+50
Sep 303.429+50
Oct 303.505+50
Nov 303.704+50
Dec 304.123+50
Jan 314.349+50
Feb 314.068+50
Mar 313.448+50
Apr 312.989+50
May 312.975+50
Jun 313.119+50
Jul 313.278+50
Aug 313.348+50
Sep 313.317+50
Oct 313.371+50
Nov 313.567+50
Dec 313.995+50
Jan 324.262+50
Feb 323.957+50
Mar 323.280+50
Apr 322.830+50
May 322.820+50
Jun 322.965+50
Jul 323.125+50
Aug 323.190+50
Sep 323.165+50
Oct 323.240+50
Nov 323.470+50
Dec 323.900+50
Jan 334.150+50
Feb 333.885+50
Mar 333.265+50
Apr 332.815+50
May 332.845+50
Jun 332.987+50
Jul 333.152+50
Aug 333.207+50
Sep 333.182+50
Oct 333.228+50
Nov 333.488+50
Dec 333.888+50
Jan 344.143+50
Feb 343.903+50
Mar 343.303+50
Apr 342.903+50
May 342.933+50
Jun 343.063+50
Jul 343.208+50
Aug 343.248+50
Sep 343.263+50
Oct 343.309+50
Nov 343.549+50
Dec 343.949+50
Jan 354.169+50
Feb 353.929+50
Mar 353.499+50
Apr 353.169+50
May 353.147+50
Jun 353.182+50
Jul 353.222+50
Aug 353.262+50
Sep 353.277+50
Oct 353.323+50
Nov 353.523+50
Dec 353.823+50
Jan 364.093+50
Feb 363.923+50
Mar 363.653+50
Apr 363.323+50
May 363.301+50
Jun 363.336+50
Jul 363.376+50
Aug 363.416+50
Sep 363.431+50
Oct 363.477+50
Nov 363.549+50
Dec 363.704+50
Jan 373.929+50
Feb 373.779+50
Mar 373.579+50
Apr 373.249+50
May 373.227+50
Jun 373.262+50
Jul 373.302+50
Aug 373.342+50
Sep 373.357+50
Oct 373.403+50
Nov 373.475+50
Dec 373.630+50
Est. sales 721,557Fri.'s sales 374,391
Fri.'s open int 1,722,020down 3,554

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