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NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday:

OpenHighLowSettleChg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Sep	97.30	97.59	95.28	95.58	—2.01
Oct	96.45	96.68	93.94	94.08	—2.66
Nov	95.87	96.18	93.45	93.59	—2.69
Dec	95.51	95.80	93.14	93.29	—2.63
Jan	95.23	95.54	92.98	93.10	—2.55
Feb	95.25	95.25	92.76	92.89	—2.46
Mar	94.81	95.00	92.49	92.63	—2.41
Apr	94.52	94.52	92.26	92.34	—2.36
May	94.02	94.02	92.02	92.13	—2.31
Jun	93.91	94.03	91.80	91.97	—2.24
Jul	93.51	93.69	91.54	91.72	—2.16
Aug	92.66	92.67	91.36	91.52	—2.08
Sep	91.67	91.67	91.37	91.37	—2.01
Oct	91.22	—1.94
Nov	91.10	—1.88
Dec	92.50	92.60	90.82	90.99	—1.82
Jan	90.70	—1.76
Feb	90.40	—1.72
Mar	90.14	—1.65
Apr	89.91	—1.59
May	89.73	—1.53
Jun	90.33	90.40	89.57	89.64	—1.47
Jul	89.42	—1.43
Aug	89.28	—1.38
Sep	89.21	—1.33
Oct	89.19	—1.27
Nov	89.21	—1.21
Dec	90.00	90.10	88.87	89.25	—1.15
Jan	89.07	—1.12
Feb	88.90	—1.09
Mar	88.76	—1.06
Apr	88.67	—1.03
May	88.61	—1.00
Jun	88.60	—.97
Jul	88.49	—.95
Aug	88.45	—.93
Sep	88.45	—.91
Oct	88.50	—.89
Nov	88.57	—.87
Dec	89.02	89.02	88.30	88.65	—.86
Jan	88.56	—.85
Feb	88.47	—.85
Mar	88.38	—.85
Apr	88.30	—.85
May	88.23	—.84
Jun	88.16	—.84
Jul	88.07	—.84
Aug	88.02	—.83
Sep	87.99	—.83
Oct	87.98	—.83
Nov	87.99	—.82
Dec	87.80	88.01	87.80	88.01	—.82
Jan	87.93	—.82
Feb	87.85	—.83
Mar	87.78	—.84
Apr	87.73	—.84
May	87.69	—.84
Jun	87.65	—.85
Jul	87.58	—.85
Aug	87.53	—.86
Sep	87.51	—.86
Oct	87.50	—.86
Nov	87.49	—.87
Dec	87.73	88.50	87.33	87.49	—.87
Jun	87.34	—.87
Dec	87.19	—.87
Jun	87.14	—.87
Dec	87.09	—.87
Jun	87.09	—.87
Dec	87.09	—.87
Est. sales 773,533.	Wed.'s sales 595,679
Wed.'s open int 1,608,311,	up 24,702
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Sep	289.95	290.17	281.42	281.95	—8.24
Oct	290.44	290.67	282.15	282.60	—8.10
Nov	291.28	291.28	283.00	283.41	—8.00
Dec	290.99	291.64	283.80	284.23	—7.85
Jan	291.71	291.71	284.70	285.06	—7.74
Feb	291.66	291.66	284.60	284.99	—7.59
Mar	290.26	290.60	283.70	284.23	—7.39
Apr	289.41	289.50	282.95	283.34	—7.15
May	287.09	287.09	282.27	282.67	—6.89
Jun	287.76	287.76	281.72	282.13	—6.65
Jul	283.00	283.00	281.90	282.10	—6.43
Aug	283.00	283.00	281.90	282.19	—6.19
Sep	282.00	283.00	282.00	282.42	—5.99
Oct	282.20	283.34	281.90	282.40	—5.86
Nov	283.25	283.25	282.43	282.43	—5.72
Dec	286.11	286.17	281.90	282.27	—5.56
Jan	281.70	283.00	281.70	282.04	—5.39
Feb	281.34	—5.29
Mar	279.69	—5.19
Apr	277.64	—5.09
May	275.94	—4.99
Jun	274.69	—4.89
Jul	274.54	—4.89
Aug	274.49	—4.89
Sep	274.44	—4.89
Oct	274.39	—4.89
Nov	274.34	—4.89
Dec	274.29	—4.89
Jan	274.19	—4.89
Feb	273.59	—4.89
Mar	272.54	—4.89
Apr	271.09	—4.89
May	269.94	—4.89
Jun	269.04	—4.89
Jul	268.34	—4.89
Aug	267.94	—4.89
Sep	267.59	—4.89
Oct	267.39	—4.89
Nov	267.19	—4.89
Dec	266.99	—4.89
Jan	266.89	—4.89
Est. sales 172,391.	Wed.'s sales 167,577
Wed.'s open int 351,015
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Sep	2.7532	2.7584	2.6637	2.6666	—878
Oct	2.6241	2.6275	2.5377	2.5403	—863
Nov	2.5950	2.5961	2.5141	2.5155	—842
Dec	2.5783	2.5809	2.4994	2.5008	—821
Jan	2.5741	2.5741	2.5023	2.5033	—796
Feb	2.5870	2.5870	2.5124	2.5136	—776
Mar	2.5997	2.6012	2.5306	2.5323	—751
Apr	2.7671	2.7671	2.7166	2.7170	—700
May	2.7467	2.7467	2.7189	2.7195	—673
Jun	2.7507	2.7522	2.7057	2.7067	—652
Jul	2.7095	2.7100	2.6870	2.6876	—629
Aug	2.6845	2.6845	2.6635	2.6638	—611
Sep	2.6444	2.6475	2.6362	2.6362	—589
Oct	2.5001	2.5021	2.5001	2.5021	—565
Nov	2.4789	2.4789	2.4756	2.4756	—549
Dec	2.4973	2.4973	2.4633	2.4636	—519
Jan	2.4635	—505
Feb	2.4665	—495
Mar	2.4765	—485
Apr	2.6310	—470
May	2.6320	—460
Jun	2.6208	—450
Jul	2.6053	—443
Aug	2.5868	—436
Sep	2.5650	—436
Oct	2.4332	—436
Nov	2.4082	—436
Dec	2.3932	—436
Jan	2.3892	—436
Feb	2.3912	—436
Mar	2.3962	—436
Apr	2.5400	—436
May	2.5372	—436
Jun	2.5274	—436
Jul	2.5154	—436
Aug	2.5004	—436
Est. sales 152,220.	Wed.'s sales 154,247
Wed.'s open int 281,853,	up 1,874
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Sep	3.813	3.947	3.799	3.906	+75
Oct	3.842	3.971	3.835	3.930	+68
Nov	3.915	4.033	3.906	3.999	+64
Dec	4.012	4.127	4.011	4.090	+59
Jan	4.080	4.198	4.078	4.160	+54
Feb	4.077	4.173	4.070	4.146	+52
Mar	4.000	4.087	3.998	4.067	+46
Apr	3.793	3.850	3.793	3.823	+28
May	3.785	3.819	3.783	3.802	+27
Jun	3.812	3.852	3.799	3.833	+24
Jul	3.858	3.879	3.854	3.870	+24
Aug	3.869	3.890	3.866	3.878	+24
Sep	3.852	3.877	3.850	3.865	+24
Oct	3.856	3.904	3.855	3.890	+24
Nov	3.972	3.990	3.965	3.980	+26
Dec	4.094	4.139	4.094	4.131	+24
Jan	4.255	4.263	4.240	4.250	+24
Feb	4.213	4.230	4.213	4.226	+24
Mar	4.145	4.186	4.145	4.159	+24
Apr	3.920	3.965	3.920	3.935	+25
May	3.930	3.950	3.930	3.940	+25
Jun	3.970	3.970	3.968	3.968	+25
Jul	3.998	+25
Aug	4.005	+25
Sep	4.000	4.000	3.995	3.995	+25
Oct	4.005	4.020	4.005	4.020	+25
Nov	4.100	4.100	4.097	4.097	+24
Dec	4.268	+22
Jan	4.398	+20
Feb	4.378	+19
Mar	4.320	+18
Apr	4.065	+18
May	4.079	+18
Jun	4.114	+18
Jul	4.150	4.153	4.150	4.153	+18
Aug	4.168	+18
Sep	4.163	+18
Oct	4.192	+18
Nov	4.269	+18
Dec	4.442	+18
Jan	4.575	+18
Feb	4.555	+16
Mar	4.495	+16
Apr	4.185	+16
May	4.199	+16
Jun	4.228	+16
Jul	4.264	+16
Aug	4.278	+16
Sep	4.281	+15
Oct	4.311	+13
Nov	4.396	+13
Dec	4.566	+13
Jan	4.681	+13
Feb	4.661	+11
Mar	4.601	+11
Apr	4.306	+11
May	4.320	+11
Jun	4.342	+11
Jul	4.370	+11
Aug	4.390	+11
Sep	4.396	+11
Oct	4.428	+11
Nov	4.516	+11
Dec	4.699	+11
Jan	4.796	+11
Feb	4.776	+11
Mar	4.716	+11
Apr	4.426	+11
May	4.444	+11
Jun	4.468	+11
Jul	4.502	+11
Aug	4.529	+11
Sep	4.534	+11
Oct	4.566	+11
Nov	4.651	+11
Dec	4.836	+11
Jan	4.930	+11
Feb	4.905	+11
Mar	4.830	+11
Apr	4.510	+11
May	4.536	+11
Jun	4.566	+11
Jul	4.603	+11
Aug	4.630	+11
Sep	4.635	+11
Oct	4.670	+11
Nov	4.755	+11
Dec	4.940	+11
Jan	5.034	+11
Feb	5.009	+11
Mar	4.934	+11
Apr	4.609	+11
May	4.604	+11
Jun	4.634	+11
Jul	4.672	+11
Aug	4.714	+11
Sep	4.724	+11
Oct	4.770	+11
Nov	4.855	+11
Dec	5.040	+11
Jan	5.132	+11
Feb	5.097	+11
Mar	5.012	+11
Apr	4.672	+11
May	4.657	+11
Jun	4.687	+11
Jul	4.728	+11
Aug	4.767	+11
Sep	4.777	+11
Oct	4.829	+11
Nov	4.914	+11
Dec	5.099	+11
Jan	5.191	+11
Feb	5.156	+11
Mar	5.071	+11
Apr	4.721	+11
May	4.706	+11
Jun	4.738	+11
Jul	4.783	+11
Aug	4.825	+11
Sep	4.838	+11
Oct	4.898	+11
Nov	4.993	+11
Dec	5.193	+11
Jan	5.293	+11
Feb	5.258	+11
Mar	5.173	+11
Apr	4.803	+11
May	4.788	+11
Jun	4.826	+11
Jul	4.874	+11
Aug	4.918	+11
Sep	4.933	+11
Oct	4.995	+11
Nov	5.100	+11
Dec	5.310	+11
Jan	5.420	+11
Feb	5.385	+11
Mar	5.300	+11
Apr	4.920	+11
May	4.905	+11
Jun	4.943	+11
Jul	4.991	+11
Aug	5.035	+11
Sep	5.050	+11
Oct	5.112	+11
Nov	5.232	+11
Dec	5.462	+11
Est. sales 329,489.	Wed.'s sales 416,413
Wed.'s open int 962,417,	up 6,121