Crude oil holds steady - UPI.com NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose above $88 a barrel Monday as the dollar index fell 0.24 percent. In afternoon trading, light, sweet crude for August delivery added $1.20 to $88.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Henry Hub natural gas was shed 7 cents to $2.804 per million British thermal units. Home heating oil was up 4.2 cents to $2.8302 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline was up 4.14 cents to $2.8575 a gallon.