Petroleum futures were trading higher ahead of midday Tuesday, led by gains in refined product contracts. Gasoline futures were up by about 1.4% at about 11:15 a.m. ET. The NYMEX August RBOB contract ...

Front-month ULSD futures were down just over 3cts at $2.4095/gal and about 2.25cts above the lows of $2.387 from earlier in the day. Some of the downside in diesel can be profit-taking off a rally ...

U.S. natural gas futures settled lower for a second straight day ahead of storage data that are expected to show a slightly bigger-than-normal injection for last week.

Front Month Nymex Natural Gas for Aug. delivery lost 7.20 cents per million British thermal units, or 2.11% to $3.3400 per million British thermal units today --Down nine of the past 12 sessions ...

U.S. natural gas futures lost ground with little change in near-term weather forecasts to boost demand and solid storage ...

A deal between Chicago giant CME Group and The New York Mercantile Exchange to create a $40 billion futures trading powerhouse could be formally announced by early March, The Post has learned. The … ...

Nymex Trading Pits Shut Down, Marking End of an Era. Decision by parent CME to close Nymex’s open-outcry trading floor is latest step in inexorable shift toward electronic trading. By .

NYMEX launched ASCI contracts earlier this month and will launch a physically deliverable U.S. Gulf sour crude contract as early as December 7 -- the day ICE plans to launch its ASCI contracts.

The NYMEX August West Texas Intermediate crude contract was 11cts higher at $68.04/gal, about 10cts below its morning high. The lightly traded September contract was up by 22cts to $66.71/bbl.