原油价格跌至50刀。' ?3 W1 S6 ~' [% I- C
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. * `! W: d0 p7 d9 C4 [ l" \, P9 X' t* r! n* \9 s- _/ {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.2 `( m+ h& ~8 B3 |! _
% O5 z+ |% G+ m# \$ s# NFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon.3 ]/ _. h0 e: \# N: F
) m) M: N; j! P# f# p. y$ N1 rAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.# P& E+ W1 s' k5 U) V& _
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)- |3 {2 w2 i; q, |$ j