原油价格跌至50刀。 0 u }" A* G o7 E: a$ q, F2 @7 t* G% K
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 3 D: U( m O3 T; t' K4 Y * N- z& A" y* T! x0 q7 v$ ?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. ; }/ M, c! d. D2 D p" G( a/ \. J3 F! F4 pFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon. + R( ]) I$ @" e- f4 x ; U- ^# e; A2 m1 F; `AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. , E7 a+ j+ I- B8 J- q$ a" B# [ 8 y# n& K: B5 S0 e 3 x8 y* P2 u/ A& F! S & q* d2 _0 m) V0 w& O" Y8 z ISource: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)* f. ]# z( ]1 ^- L9 U