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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. ; A. U3 a( s4 O# N2 g6 K( s5 t3 m; R4 a, u6 I
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Z$ Y! ^( ]& b- |5 a! }' \/ U , k2 \1 ^5 M bFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon.1 N- I6 q0 M1 @$ I
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.6 ?. A( n& o! m& P7 [; |4 U" I
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