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CLU6 · NYMEX WTI Crude September 2026 contract
CLU6 is the NYMEX WTI Crude futures contract for September 2026; it stopped trading on 20 Aug 2026. Every date below is derived from the exchange contract text and the reviewed holiday calendar; no prices.
Nearest month still trading: CLX6, last trading day 2026-10-20 →
Last trading day
Thu
This contract stopped trading on Thu 20 Aug 2026.
- First notice
- Delivery
- across September 2026
What is CLU6, and when is its last trading day?
CLU6 is the NYMEX WTI Crude futures contract for September 2026: last trading day Thu 20 Aug 2026, delivery across September 2026; trading hours 17:00 (prev day)–16:00.
- First notice day Mon 24 Aug 2026: from that date the seller may tender delivery notices, and a long still open can be assigned physical delivery.
- Last-trading-day rule: 3 business days before the 25th of the month preceding delivery; if the 25th is not a business day the count starts from the last business day before it
- Delivery rule: any business day of the delivery month (physical delivery)
- No prices or quotes on this page and no investment advice; dates are computed from the exchange contract text plus the reviewed holiday calendar.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-09-04
After the first notice day a long still open can be assigned the physical commodity.What a first notice day means →
Key dates
| Last trading day | Thu 20 Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| First notice day | Mon 24 Aug 2026 · the second business day after the last trading day |
| Delivery | across September 2026 · any business day of the delivery month (physical delivery) |
| Trading hours (exchange local time) | 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 |
How to read CLU6
Closures in September 2026
- 2026-09-07Labor Day — early close 13:30 CT, reopens 17:00 CT
China night sessions pause on the evening before a statutory holiday: that night belongs to the first post-holiday trading date, so it does not run. All 2026 exchange holidays →