原油价格跌至50刀。 7 B2 Z$ J' E0 `# ^ # \- w1 f! V/ D" k6 K8 Y3 j9 ^Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. ; `. e8 w `# `/ h. }, ~& r" q3 ~7 e6 t5 p |! s" f8 z W
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.' O$ N5 J7 ~6 w- J0 w+ e
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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 $1.3480 a gallon.2 K& r/ J9 i$ b$ D- P) k
( _- d& D& } g) B0 v- \: \AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 9 L; X; S* C5 [* E7 {* C5 M5 p7 N Z: }
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+ W8 g- u2 i9 y" Y3 S" J2 \Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)* a8 f: s F) L6 |/ C