Oil prices jumped above US$126 a barrel Monday in Asia, the Associated Press reported. Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose US$1.20 to US$126.30 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Singapore. The contract gained US$1.02 on Friday to settle at US$125.10 a barrel. In London, September Brent crude was up 96 cents at US$125.14 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 2.82 cents to US$3.465 a gallon (3.8 liters) while gasoline prices gained 4.57 cents to US$3.13 a gallon. Natural gas futures increased 8.9 cents to US$9.478 per 1,000 cubic feet.