原油价格跌至50刀。 ! L {" I; n; X3 S: T& I 8 g7 f7 D/ f; u1 _- p+ _' VCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 4 N0 k+ o; Y a# D' n 0 H5 c, ]! Y' k! jLight, 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% @& A4 n. }! r; h: H
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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 $1.3480 a gallon.2 b! ~1 Q* J$ t/ q/ N! `
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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. - B0 @/ j- Z' [* R . G% q2 H( L7 ?2 N* F4 E: I G9 D" k4 F# d1 N! g