原油价格跌至50刀。 1 L6 ^$ e4 ^5 T! ^& F( j( z& e+ d ) K+ N+ b+ n: M+ `! S: @Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 4 x, p: _+ A5 e. I! b$ x , \: |8 K2 `0 I; I9 FLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 2 k6 ~5 h. ~9 a* U5 N9 m" Z$ k; q: [3 a
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.. C% C8 A/ D% h) ~9 p2 I
5 e& e" h3 s* R/ z1 HAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.- F# B$ Q0 w- K, e) i