With the dollar index recently down by 0.48 percent, Crude oil prices for May delivery shifted sharply higher Monday, topping $82 per barrel in New York.

As it becomes that much more affordable in other currencies, a lower dollar tends to pick up demand in oil.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude oil prices for May delivery added $2.48 to $82.48 per barrel.

Adding 0.0373 cents, heating oil futures for May delivery ended the day at $2.1205 per gallon. Reformulated gasoline blend stock for May gained 0.0493 cents to $2.2578 per gallon. Henry Hub natural gas prices for May lost 0.025 cents to $3.905 per million British thermal units.

According to the reports of AAA, at the retail level, the average national price for unleaded regular gasoline was $2.80 per gallon Monday, down from Sunday's $2.803. (With Inputs from Agencies)