MARKET WATCH: Expiring crude contract shoots up $16/bbl


The expiring October contract for benchmark US oil shot up more than $16 Sept. 22 in the largest 1-day price jump ever seen on NYMEX, hitting a 2-month intraday high of $130/bbl and prompting a CFTC investigation.

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