ACCESS energy futures prices add to daytime gains .
LOS ANGELES 1996-12-05
U.S. energy futures added to floor session gains in light NYMEX ACCESS trade Thursday , as forecasts for colder temperatures in distillate-hungry Northeastern markets raised supply concerns .
" The cold weather forecasts are helping right now , " a trader said .
Earlier , NYMEX crude ended daytime trade 78 cents higher at $ 25.58 a barrel , following breakthroughs of key technical levels and reports of tighter supplies .
Front-month heating oil firmed 0.09 cents a gallon to 75.20 cents as roughly 100 lots changed hands within the first few hours of ACCESS .
About 112 lots were exchanged overall , traders said .
NYMEX gasoline for January delivery climbed 0.12 cents a gallon to 69.80 cents as a light 33 lots traded in the nearby month and 35 moved overall .
January crude was barely changed from its settlement , edging up one cent to $ 25.66 a barrel .
About 350 lots were traded for January and 870 in all months .
-- David Brinkerhoff , Los Angeles bureau +1 213 380 2014