原油价格跌至50刀。7 u+ \' _- V9 k" U: g
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.9 I5 {& |/ O1 D# z
! C0 K; K5 B1 q0 J; c% N6 J9 I( [Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.+ ]$ Q0 ?) w7 x5 p; z
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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.: O9 @+ ?' C1 K% z. {5 o
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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.6 z' ? S/ ?; A, ^' ?