原油价格跌至50刀。9 G: K( r2 d# L$ b" @0 q" D- r
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.1 C7 \6 `$ p y3 K9 `& p1 B* p5 R
" E: Y4 M' o+ f+ SLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.: J2 @( F+ n1 h" l' H
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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, X: f9 v; Y" d. O; m& l; f/ N8 q+ K2 n
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 4 |& j+ b0 R3 @% J, z% B' X: U% g }9 L1 ]