Permanent Link to 365. Speculation in crude oil futures markets

365. Speculation in crude oil futures markets When George Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 2001 the NYMEX near futures crude oil contract was $32.19/bbl (see also item 308). On September 10 ... weeks, due to international cooperation and support, the futures price actually fell hitting a low [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:57:43

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Whadda ya bet the price of gas goes up anyway

Last update: 3:50 p.m. EST Jan. 7, 2009 Comments: 89 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) ... started collecting Cushing data. On the Nymex, February heating oil futures fell 5.1% to $1.5431 ... -- Crude-oil futures tumbled 12% Wednesday, marking their biggest one-day percentage drop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:11:28

Exxon Mobil Corporation Valuation As Of 9 January 2009

Note: You can click through on any of the graphs to see a larger image ... to share price. The NYMEX WTI Oil Futures curve has shifted downwards. February, March and April [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:43:57

After the Bell Wrap-Up - January 8, 2009

The markets gave a valiant effort today to shrug off more disappointing economic news to trade higher, ... . In additional NYMEX trading, gasoline futures added $0.0118 to $1.0882 a gallon. Heating oil dropped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:10:00

Why Are Oil and Natural Gas Prices Behaving so Similarly?

This is a question that has been bugging me for a while ... is used for heat, the price of gas is very seasonal. Here is a graph of the gas futures curve (from Nymex, December 23, 2008):Now you can see here that futures contracts for winter months are higher than [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 19:10:00

Energy prices rise as Gaza conflict escalates

Crude futures prices rose again Jan. 5 as the conflict in Gaza continues to escalate, said analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc ... blending rose 7.l9¢ to $1.18/gal on NYMEX. Heating oil for the same month climbed 9.6¢ to $1.576/gal ... . Also boosting oil prices, analysts said, was news that Kuwait, the Organization of Petroleum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:52:09

Oil falls below $54 as US demand outlook worsens

Markets in the United States are closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, but electronic trading on the Nymex continues ... from a low of $52.62 earlier in the session. Investors tend to increase their holdings in commodities ... cents to $53.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Prices have hovered just above three-year lows [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 13:01:00

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