原油价格跌至50刀。 $ _ ?- @8 F) [ L4 H5 }, F9 j% y
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.. T) j3 M( i2 ~0 e6 o' z. C
! ]" h& M! R$ q6 T! `% _Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 2 H1 q* T+ a9 Y) M7 h: p- k6 |8 Y; C4 m* i! y) g- H7 ~
February natural gas fell 7.3 cents to $6.565 per 1,000 cubic feet in New York. February heating oil was down 1.24 cents at $1.4679 a gallon. February reFORMulated gasoline futures fell 2.13 cents at $1.3480 a gallon.' D: n, G) i* v3 ]. ~
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 8 z" t% y- k6 j# x% _, p% k+ v2 X2 E6 \7 l" L; j7 [, v* g- i