原油价格跌至50刀。 2 ~' E \* A C" _ ; g1 J+ x0 S: Y% v( x2 O" [Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. % ~ R& k7 W+ l3 W. q3 y9 D+ y% @4 S0 d" j% C: @, K- r0 D
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.$ \$ t4 Z4 ]- b
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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. 6 F# a- K% w0 u3 n& G; A F) S s; ^% sAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 2 U& m8 p/ X1 h0 z$ J- G% R: Z 5 \* _& \9 `3 q8 O3 b" f! S$ x+ H! [4 ] B* V( X
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)8 e# ]! ], |( W& d. w" K