Natural Gas maintaining gains, Crude Oil down 2.41%
24-Aug-2026
21:00
MCX Crude Oil futures are deep in the red today in evening trades. The benchmark MCX Sep-26 contract is substantially lower by 2.41% at Rs 8156 per barrel. US equities are edging lower with Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading slightly higher by 0.31% on the day. MCX Crude Oil futures hit a high of Rs 8255 per barrel today and have registered a sharp 9.31% reduction in open interest. MCX Crude oil is slipping for fourth consecutive session. The counter slipped by 0.51% in the day session till 6.00 PM.
MCX Natural Gas is firmly higher by 0.91% at Rs 267 per MMBtu. The counter moved in a range of Rs 260-272 per MMBtu today. The open interest in the counter dropped sharply by 15.54%.
Crude Oil has gained 7.03% in the last one week while Natural Gas has risen around 0.42%.



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