The U.S. Oil Fund, the largest exchange-traded fund in crude oil, closed at a discount of 0.95 percent on Sept. 27, according to figures on the fund’s website. A discount means that the closing price of the shares is lower than the value of its underlying holdings in the fuel. Crude oil for November delivery rose $4.21, or 5.25 percent, to $84.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Sept. 27. ================================================================================ Sept. 27 Sept. 26 Sept. 23 Sept. 22 Sept. 21 Sept. 20 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 ================================================================================ --------------------Per Share----------------------- Premium/discount -0.95% 1.29% 0.55% -0.22% -1.05% -0.65% Net Asset Value $32.69 $31.06 $30.91 $31.17 $33.27 $33.65 Closing price $32.38 $31.46 $31.08 $31.10 $32.92 $33.43 ------------Quantity of Fund Holdings--------------- NYMEX Futures 8,867 8,867 8,441 8,248 8,055 7,900 ================================================================================ Sept. 27 Sept. 26 Sept. 23 Sept. 22 Sept. 21 Sept. 20 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 ================================================================================ ------------Quantity of Fund Holdings--------------- ICE WTI 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 ================================================================================ NOTE: The fund aims to track the price of West Texas Intermediate delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma. The ETF buys the near-month contract, then rolls forward by selling it before expiration and buying the following month. SOURCE: United States Oil Fund To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Petrie in Sydney at dpetrie5@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at atanzi@bloomberg.net

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