Crude Oil, Natural Gas Up, Products Flat

Prices for crude oil and natural gas rose Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, but products were largely unchanged in early trading.

High-quality crude oil for January delivery was up 38 cents to $59.59 per 42-gallon barrel.

Natural gas climbed 40 cents to $14.10 per million Btu.

Heating oil hovered around $1.742 per gallon and gasoline was steady at $1.576 per gallon.