原油价格跌至50刀。 2 ?7 A5 |: A4 y 1 G7 H; Q6 }3 H3 c9 rCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. $ U( y F- V; N& X& T- i/ n+ ?- O: \' b# s) \' C4 i
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.* V! B( b( T, p
# {3 j9 V2 I8 FFebruary 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.) V8 k" C" \! F5 A/ ]
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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.9 h8 |7 G3 T' s- c4 B4 F2 d
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