原油价格跌至50刀。 1 {2 z @2 E2 H4 ~6 ^& s7 {' X6 R5 V" j! A$ t1 e X
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. # \3 G$ }) l u5 H, m% b; \' E* T ^: n- J8 E% G4 Z/ d5 j) Y/ w1 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. ' h. n: q( Q" a) c8 ]# H9 ]; y8 h' |) c: z3 h
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.* F/ n: O- Z0 C
8 U1 g6 U2 c2 b' A. VAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. & d# P/ ^0 ?# z2 H. s/ K- L 2 G! o0 ^/ r4 f7 D t6 {# u; \4 i7 A4 \# d+ q2 z
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)' d3 W- H B) m9 G