WTI adds $1 per barrel on Nymex

Crude oil prices were higher on Monday. June contracts for West Texas Intermediate crude had added $1.06 to $66 per barrel in early afternoon trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contracts had been trading in a range between $64.50 and $66.20 during the morning session.

June Nymex gasoline was even at $2.41 per gallon, trading in a range between $2.36 and $2.41 per gallon. Nymex July heating oil was 3 cents higher to $1.95 per gallon after trading between $1.91 and $1.96 per gallon. Meanwhile, July natural gas futures dropped 6 cents to $8.07 per million British thermal units. Natural gas had traded in a range between $7.99 and $8.13 per mBtu during the morning.