原油价格跌至50刀。7 N% |: e% N1 Q) X: g' L
% F8 G8 N. T+ I8 Y5 e1 }6 f
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 8 F" \) e8 {+ x9 h; S) g/ \, ` ! m# ~ d' | q5 xLight, 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 k! p% Z: o& _9 @ 9 K' F/ c3 N2 d; O" b/ aFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon.! s% ?: b1 W( r u9 ~
% p+ {: u* n0 R" p4 ?9 k$ O$ X
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.- _0 d _4 v1 F" ~1 A+ V
. I2 a3 E$ h; P6 b+ |8 W$ t3 i