原油价格跌至50刀。 1 O: Q- ?1 g9 W' c7 e , M; w( |( V3 g7 Z. `Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. " w- o* S. @8 c4 B / `8 m( i; [4 I) c' i4 K) t; ^. D& SLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 7 E# W8 g1 y2 m9 D- y 4 k: d# H _; TFebruary 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.6 G9 E# Y+ h6 c3 l& z0 G ]2 }
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.- U$ \$ Q& ]& t' n& q7 x
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