原油价格跌至50刀。 ' E7 T# ?* j h, h+ L; v6 ]7 W1 x' C / E7 B* c. G$ o7 {Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 1 r! l9 v- T# ?: V9 @. x! i2 E 2 z w* R6 k9 W7 x* V1 R9 ^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.+ o8 Q4 m0 N9 L9 M
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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 $1.3480 a gallon. # m- ? M8 R$ D, D9 M" _. v; q9 @. O" w
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. : p6 l1 r* c, a/ L* g: {2 J! V& k 9 I4 z9 m% O8 d; J3 O0 Z ; g5 A, k) z" M9 ?2 m+ t0 E9 F$ B$ a! Y" M" O2 f( x2 {
Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)" @1 {$ L7 c) Z2 [1 M! {