- x2 E" j/ u8 |5 S$ ]/ ?Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.% N) A f) g# ?/ y+ |& D& r
9 m1 [# m) ?/ A* P: m; _; YLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 9 q0 F% _9 `) H2 l1 D. g0 {6 D1 P( e9 Y
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. 1 N* J0 |' b, l1 l) z" G. ^# Q. G [5 _% `3 E6 r
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 3 |0 b4 f& o/ Y' [7 {3 j6 }2 \( a5 f, ^
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