原油价格跌至50刀。$ D% k9 n c! h3 o* R. D P& X( s
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005." r! v& U8 X% t0 i8 o- E2 ^
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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. $ Q7 K6 ~: I) e/ s0 J( P. k 4 f3 C0 K( w5 g0 I. H# p+ Y" ^% |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 $1.3480 a gallon. 2 ]$ \9 X% f/ w6 w& a; |5 Z5 T% C5 D0 L
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. b# h* D$ ^% ^1 k, S4 c1 o) X% A+ _0 D7 p: b9 v/ D