Crude oil prices climb Monday morning

New York -- Crude oil prices held relatively stable at more than $116 a barrel on the New York Mercantile exchange over the weekend but prices began to rise Monday morning.

On the exchange, crude oil prices rose 44 cents Monday morning to $116.76 per barrel.

Heating oil prices rose 0.0023 cents to $3.221 per gallon Monday. Reformulated gasoline blend stock prices dropped 0.0098 cents to $2.9566 per gallon. Natural gas prices rose 0.074 cents to $10.851 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in the United States retreated Monday, falling to $3.611 per gallon, off 0.003 cents from Sunday's price of $3.614 per gallon, AAA said.