原油价格跌至50刀。 V- o1 u' `4 v$ I 2 V* f6 r1 y t+ b* ]6 d1 hCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 1 ^& \1 l% Q* u. m" k8 k2 e6 X 8 O+ w$ u& G6 Y' [: c8 wLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 0 G# x. l4 E) \ {5 Y! v* `* m/ r 7 n3 U1 t+ N) P0 _ u! g( EFebruary 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. 4 d8 X# \; e4 ]: X, K2 r/ Z) P" t+ ~; L1 ?
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.0 e8 \( k7 H, w