Futures Prices for Energy Commodities Rise
March 30, 2006
Energy futures prices rose Thursday for all major petroleum commodities on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with crude oil moving to more than 66.50 a barrel.
Prices for high-quality crude oil for May delivery gained 17 cents to $66.62 a barrel, and natural gas was up 8.9 cents at $7.545 per million Btu.
Gasoline futures were up 0.6 cents at $1.96 a gallon, and heating oil gained about as much to $1.8585 a gallon.