Crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by as much as 60 cents to $66.31 a barrel for October's front-month contracts, which traders attributed to storm warnings over another budding hurricane which they say could hurt Gulf of Mexico production. "Apparently, the emergence of the new storm is supporting gains, in addition to some expectations that the Energy Information Administration report will show a decline in U.S. commercial crude stocks," said Ken Hasegawa, commodities broker at Tokyo-based Himawari CX. |