Crude futures set for biggest daily price leap ever
By Myra P. Saefong
Last update: 2:29 p.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude futures leaped as much as $25 per barrel, or 24.3%, shortly before the New York close Monday, to tap a high of $130 per barrel. They're poised to score their biggest daily gain since 1984 -- when crude began trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. October crude was last up $19, or 18.2%, at $123.55 per barrel on Globex.