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

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE
1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.
Feb	56.80	57.15	55.07	55.84	—1.28
Mar	57.13	57.50	55.46	56.22	—1.26
Apr	57.59	57.80	55.92	56.66	—1.21
May	57.88	58.30	56.39	57.14	—1.15
Jun	58.35	58.73	56.84	57.61	—1.08
Jul	58.64	58.82	57.25	58.04	—1.00
Aug	58.94	59.17	57.83	58.52	—.93
Sep	59.57	59.67	58.24	59.07	—.86
Oct	60.05	60.05	58.95	59.63	—.79
Nov	60.72	60.72	59.47	60.21	—.73
Dec	61.26	61.50	59.91	60.78	—.68
Jan	60.91	61.22	60.65	61.22	—.64
Feb	61.67	—.60
Mar	61.30	62.13	61.30	62.13	—.56
Apr	62.59	—.52
May	63.06	—.48
Jun	63.89	63.89	62.74	63.55	—.44
Jul	63.48	63.92	63.48	63.92	—.41
Aug	63.89	64.32	63.89	64.32	—.37
Sep	64.72	—.34
Oct	65.11	—.31
Nov	65.50	—.28
Dec	66.03	66.19	65.09	65.87	—.25
Jan	66.07	—.22
Feb	66.30	—.19
Mar	66.54	—.16
Apr	66.82	—.13
May	67.12	—.10
Jun	67.45	—.08
Jul	67.59	—.06
Aug	67.76	—.04
Sep	67.97	—.01
Oct	68.21	+.01
Nov	68.47	+.04
Dec	68.13	68.78	68.13	68.75	+.06
Jan	68.84	+.07
Feb	68.94	+.08
Mar	69.06	+.09
Apr	69.20	+.10
May	69.36	+.12
Jun	69.53	+.13
Jul	69.64	+.14
Aug	69.80	+.15
Sep	69.99	+.17
Oct	70.20	+.18
Nov	70.42	+.19
Dec	69.99	70.66	69.63	70.66	+.21
Jan	70.68	+.21
Feb	70.73	+.21
Mar	70.78	+.21
Apr	70.84	+.21
May	70.92	+.21
Jun	71.02	+.21
Jul	71.06	+.21
Aug	71.15	+.21
Sep	71.25	+.21
Oct	71.37	+.21
Nov	71.50	+.21
Dec	71.38	71.66	71.31	71.66	+.21
Jan	71.68	+.21
Feb	71.71	+.21
Mar	71.75	+.21
Apr	71.79	+.21
May	71.84	+.21
Jun	71.89	+.21
Jul	71.89	+.21
Aug	71.91	+.21
Sep	71.94	+.21
Oct	71.98	+.21
Nov	72.03	+.21
Dec	72.09	+.21
Jun	72.19	+.21
Dec	72.29	+.21
Jun	72.29	+.21
Dec	72.29	+.21
Jun	72.29	+.21
Dec	72.29	+.21
	Est. sales 283,211.	Tue.'s sales 458,035
	Tue.'s open int 1,428,829
HEATING OIL
42,000 gal, cents per gal
Jan	198.78 198.91 191.84 192.36	—6.71
Feb	194.48 195.38 188.14 188.89	—6.28
Mar	191.66 192.51 185.52 186.55	—5.83
Apr	190.42 190.43 184.23 184.81	—5.61
May	189.92 189.92 184.83 184.88	—5.49
Jun	191.32 191.32 185.43 186.08	—5.33
Jul	190.66 190.66 187.66 187.75	—5.14
Aug	192.39 192.39 189.34 189.34	—5.01
Sep	193.27 193.27 190.97 190.97	—4.96
Oct	193.76 194.64 192.00 192.68	—4.93
Nov	195.29 195.90 194.22 194.22	—4.90
Dec	198.35 198.35 195.37 195.62	—4.87
Jan	198.30 198.30 197.09 197.09	—4.82
Feb	199.00 199.00 197.60 197.60	—4.76
Mar	197.40 197.40 197.30 197.30	—4.76
Apr	196.25 196.55 196.25 196.55	—4.74
May	197.08	—4.72
Jun	198.00 198.50 198.00 198.08	—4.71
Jul	199.24	—4.65
Aug	200.54	—4.55
Sep	202.14	—4.45
Oct	203.84	—4.35
Nov	205.44	—4.25
Dec	206.99	—4.15
Jan	207.99	—4.15
Feb	208.24	—4.15
Mar	208.24	—4.15
Apr	207.94	—4.15
May	207.84	—4.15
Jun	207.84	—4.15
Jul	208.29	—4.15
Aug	209.14	—4.15
Sep	209.99	—4.15
Oct	210.84	—4.15
Nov	211.64	—4.15
Dec	212.34	—4.15
Jan	212.24	—4.15
Feb	212.14	—4.15
Mar	211.89	—4.15
Apr	211.34	—4.15
May	210.99	—4.15
Jun	210.74	—4.15
Jul	210.79	—4.15
Aug	211.29	—4.15
Sep	211.79	—4.15
Oct	212.29	—4.15
Nov	212.79	—4.15
Dec	213.19	—4.15
Jan	213.09	—4.15
	Est. sales 66,406.	Tue.'s sales 103,880
	Tue.'s open int 354,472,	up 4,158
NY HARBOR RBOB GAS
42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon
Jan	1.5666 1.5741 1.5061 1.5127	—577
Feb	1.5798 1.5910 1.5216 1.5287	—561
Mar	1.6040 1.6055 1.5515 1.5584	—511
Apr	1.7948 1.7948 1.7611 1.7718	—451
May	1.8243 1.8243 1.7763 1.7872	—437
Jun	1.8265 1.8329 1.7788 1.7881	—426
Jul	1.7834 1.7898 1.7734 1.7794	—414
Aug	1.7679 1.7780 1.7585 1.7678	—387
Sep	1.7693 1.7693 1.7435 1.7531	—354
Oct	1.6584 1.6584 1.6330 1.6458	—302
Nov	1.6358 1.6358 1.6328 1.6342	—285
Dec	1.6500 1.6500 1.6226 1.6352	—258
Jan	1.6528	—236
Feb	1.6740	—211
Mar	1.7000	—206
Apr	1.9005	—206
May	1.9045	—206
Jun	1.9009	—206
Jul	1.8929	—206
Aug	1.8829	—206
Sep	1.8669	—206
Oct	1.7449	—206
Nov	1.7400 1.7400 1.7254 1.7254	—206
Dec	1.7300 1.7300 1.7174 1.7174	—206
Jan	1.7154	—206
Feb	1.7224	—206
Mar	1.7324	—206
Apr	1.8814	—206
May	1.8789	—206
Jun	1.8699	—206
Jul	1.8579	—206
Aug	1.8429	—206
Sep	1.8254	—206
Oct	1.7254	—206
Nov	1.7029	—206
Dec	1.6904	—206
	Est. sales 76,365.	Tue.'s sales 113,739
	Tue.'s open int 360,455
NATURAL GAS
10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu
Jan	3.170	3.190	3.000	3.030	—141
Feb	3.196	3.215	3.043	3.072	—132
Mar	3.193	3.210	3.049	3.076	—120
Apr	3.108	3.128	3.007	3.026	— 94
May	3.120	3.130	3.024	3.044	— 89
Jun	3.158	3.170	3.067	3.093	— 84
Jul	3.212	3.216	3.112	3.146	— 77
Aug	3.200	3.200	3.124	3.156	— 76
Sep	3.209	3.209	3.113	3.142	— 77
Oct	3.232	3.500	3.142	3.169	— 76
Nov	3.328	3.500	3.259	3.281	— 73
Dec	3.570	3.570	3.459	3.481	— 69
Jan	3.702	3.702	3.492	3.630	— 67
Feb	3.693	3.693	3.492	3.632	— 65
Mar	3.650	3.650	3.492	3.590	— 62
Apr	3.480	3.500	3.432	3.448	— 45
May	3.495	3.500	3.450	3.452	— 44
Jun	3.517	3.517	3.482	3.482	— 44
Jul	3.530	3.530	3.492	3.518	— 44
Aug	3.570	3.570	3.492	3.529	— 44
Sep	3.559	3.559	3.492	3.517	— 44
Oct	3.580	3.580	3.535	3.543	— 44
Nov	3.673	3.673	3.631	3.631	— 42
Dec	3.855	3.855	3.800	3.816	— 40
Jan	4.005	4.005	3.950	3.968	— 38
Feb	3.985	3.985	3.960	3.960	— 36
Mar	3.925	3.925	3.912	3.912	— 34
Apr	3.754	3.754	3.727	3.727	— 14
May	3.725	— 14
Jun	3.773	3.773	3.750	3.756	— 14
Jul	3.788	— 14
Aug	3.826	3.826	3.799	3.799	— 14
Sep	3.789	— 14
Oct	3.813	— 14
Nov	3.892	— 13
Dec	4.062	— 13
Jan	4.203	— 13
Feb	4.183	— 13
Mar	4.123	— 13
Apr	3.873	— 11
May	3.871	— 11
Jun	3.899	— 11
Jul	3.931	— 11
Aug	3.943	— 11
Sep	3.937	— 11
Oct	3.961	— 11
Nov	4.043	— 11
Dec	4.218	— 11
Jan	4.356	— 11
Feb	4.336	— 11
Mar	4.274	— 11
Apr	4.014	—	9
May	4.014	—	9
Jun	4.042	—	9
Jul	4.073	—	9
Aug	4.089	—	9
Sep	4.081	—	9
Oct	4.104	—	9
Nov	4.189	—	9
Dec	4.369	—	9
Jan	4.504	—	9
Feb	4.482	—	9
Mar	4.419	—	9
Apr	4.144	—	6
May	4.144	—	6
Jun	4.169	—	6
Jul	4.197	—	6
Aug	4.219	—	6
Sep	4.213	—	6
Oct	4.241	—	6
Nov	4.327	—	6
Dec	4.513	—	6
Jan	4.636	—	6
Feb	4.613	—	6
Mar	4.548	—	6
Apr	4.248	—	6
May	4.248	—	6
Jun	4.278	—	6
Jul	4.315	—	6
Aug	4.345	—	6
Sep	4.342	—	6
Oct	4.377	—	6
Nov	4.463	—	6
Dec	4.649	—	6
Jan	4.772	—	6
Feb	4.747	—	6
Mar	4.674	—	6
Apr	4.364	—	6
May	4.356	—	6
Jun	4.386	—	6
Jul	4.424	—	6
Aug	4.462	—	6
Sep	4.468	—	6
Oct	4.513	—	6
Nov	4.601	—	6
Dec	4.791	—	6
Jan	4.891	—	6
Feb	4.865	—	6
Mar	4.790	—	6
Apr	4.470	—	6
May	4.458	—	6
Jun	4.488	—	6
Jul	4.529	—	6
Aug	4.568	—	6
Sep	4.578	—	6
Oct	4.630	—	6
Nov	4.720	—	6
Dec	4.910	—	6
Jan	5.005	—	6
Feb	4.975	—	6
Mar	4.895	—	6
Apr	4.535	—	6
May	4.520	—	6
Jun	4.552	—	6
Jul	4.597	—	6
Aug	4.639	—	6
Sep	4.652	—	6
Oct	4.712	—	6
Nov	4.802	—	6
Dec	4.997	—	6
Jan	5.092	—	6
Feb	5.057	—	6
Mar	4.972	—	6
Apr	4.587	—	6
May	4.572	—	6
Jun	4.610	—	6
Jul	4.658	—	6
Aug	4.702	—	6
Sep	4.717	—	6
Oct	4.779	—	6
Nov	4.884	—	6
Dec	5.094	—	6
Jan	5.204	—	6
Feb	5.167	—	6
Mar	5.079	—	6
Apr	4.689	—	6
May	4.674	—	6
Jun	4.712	—	6
Jul	4.760	—	6
Aug	4.804	—	6
Sep	4.819	—	6
Oct	4.881	—	6
Nov	5.001	—	6
Dec	5.231	—	6
Jan	5.356	—	6
Feb	5.319	—	6
Mar	5.231	—	6
Apr	4.841	—	6
May	4.826	—	6
Jun	4.864	—	6
Jul	4.912	—	6
Aug	4.956	—	6
Sep	4.971	—	6
Oct	5.033	—	6
Nov	5.153	—	6
Dec	5.383	—	6
	Est. sales 198,680.	Tue.'s sales 266,810
	Tue.'s open int 924,013,	up 3,730