原油价格跌至50刀。 1 r$ y1 n' j% A7 _ q1 u4 O% M" D a. J
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.$ D* i! ~2 c3 l2 P2 n) O _; Y! v
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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. 4 I. C( H J4 n1 i( C+ m; e( q, V1 T8 L
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 $1.3480 a gallon., }) I% |$ n+ Z9 X0 x. v
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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. 5 c+ W( d6 d7 c9 ?% ~1 z) @# @6 d5 O' l) `1 S& a4 C