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A Nymex security official was 'literally standing, holding his hands up in a calming gesture.

Until the vote, Comex members did not own any Nymex shares, which more than doubled last week after an initial public offering.

The forward curve for Nymex crude prices currently slopes upward - known as a 'contango' - and is extraordinarily steep.

Details of the investigation have not been disclosed, but a NYMEX spokeswoman said it was unrelated to any of the exchange's markets.

The current oil shock, with Nymex crude touching $142 , has as much to do with bad luck as geology.

From a few thousand trades an hour at the old NYMEX, traders now process millions of trades an hour by computer.

Nymex crude oil so far this year is up 27% and is now 17% above its previous inflation-adjusted record in April 1980.

It took advantage of Nymex's delay in moving to screen-based trading to grab almost a third of its crude-oil futures business.

Jim Newsome, Nymex chief executive, is in little doubt that there will be further consolidation in the sector.

Positions held on NYMEX, the New York commodities exchange, by investors expecting prices to rise have indeed soared (see chart).

But money managers from hedge funds, pension funds and other large private interests have been pouring money into Nymex crude contracts.

Try telling that to the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the world's largest commodities exchange.

For the year, Nymex crude-oil prices are down 63%, with a month-to-date drop of 35%.

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) crude oil futures close 3rd fell sharply, followed the trend of silver and other commodities futures.

Tropical Storm Ida helped crude jump 2. 6% Monday on Nymex, but a bigger tailwind emanates from the world's central banks.

The Nymex crude futures contract uses this method of settlement upon expiration.

Crude oil began futures trading on the NYMEX in 1983 and is the most heavily traded commodity.

In the Nymex's pre-electronic days, floor traders and brokers often fit the 'other' label.

People trading oil, natural gas and other commodities on the Nymex floor apparently took no chances.

Nymex prices have hewed close to $80 in recent trading.

Nymex has since regained market share and now accounts for more than 55 per cent of all crude oil futures traded on both exchanges.

Globex is CME's electronic platform in which the bulk of trading is done on NYMEX's oil and natgas futures.

This is a fraction of the 347 major traders in benchmark crude contracts alone reported last week on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Nymex wouldn't comment on whether it suspects any infractions or errors in Monday's trading.

A big oil-market exodus wasn't in evidence Monday, as the number of Nymex crude contracts outstanding rose by nearly 18, 000.

Nymex was closed Monday for Presidents Day.

Silver prices plunged 27% last week, the steepest decline since 1980, and Nymex crude-oil prices tumbled nearly 15%.

January crude futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) were down 76 cents at $57. 95 a barrel.

Nymex West Texas Intermediate hit a five-month high of $54. 83 a barrel before easing back.

U. S. oil prices, which have risen largely on economic optimism, closed Tuesday on Nymex at $84. 05, down 29 cents, a barrel.

Shortly after the attack, Nymex West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark US oil contract, was 58 cents higher at $96. 55 a barrel.

Before both exchanges were listed, ICE and Nymex had been in several merger discussions, which came to no avail.

Were Nymex crude to average $40 next year, and OPEC crude $35, Saudi Arabia's 2009 oil-export earnings could drop to $89 billion.

November Nymex crude oil futures were up six cents at $82. 88 per barrel on Globex.

Given the importance of liquidity in exchanges, why do the IPE and the NYMEX not band together?

Crude oil futures traded on New York's Mercantile Exchange jumped as much as $2. 09 to $76. 85 a barrel.

In fact, the gap between international prices and U. S. Nymex oil is at a record high.

Nymex crude for October delivery was up 88 cents at $89. 07 per barrel on Globex.

September Nymex crude oil futures were down 47 cents at $75. 30 per barrel.

The Nymex December 2016 future settled on Friday at $103. 59 a barrel.

NYMEX crude futures fell 0. 9 percent.

That is roughly the same as in 2002, when Nymex crude averaged about $26 a barrel.

In New York, Nymex January WTI rose $1. 36 to $99. 57 a barrel.

Nymex June RBOB unleaded gasoline rose 4. 6 cents to $1. 8587 a gallon.

U. S. crude oil futures fell 69 cents, or 0. 9 percent, to settle at $80. 50 a barrel. The S&P energy sector index . GSPE slid 2 percent.

The NYMEX is trying to snatch liquidity from London's International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), which trades the most Brent contracts;

those trading it may become subject to the position limits that traders on NYMEX face

that galvanised the industry , forcing nymex to speed up its embrace of electronic trading

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