原油价格跌至50刀。 3 O( J. U) p- s2 B. u ; ?3 m# ^. r, R6 I$ |6 sCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.# r7 W2 T& q, K
9 l- }3 E- ?; Y* G! q% d* kLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.1 l1 j6 Y. C8 Y1 c+ u4 d
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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 $1.3480 a gallon. ' E4 d0 G3 v) _, M3 c 3 V$ g" F Z0 z6 `4 k+ SAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday./ x7 @+ ~! R% W+ y( v