原油价格跌至50刀。' ^. D' t B% b J8 J; P
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. ; [3 Y8 E6 n$ J7 _4 O( H5 |) G1 h5 ? p7 B) }5 i. C; Q
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.* }* h& D1 a; h+ Y
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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 $1.3480 a gallon. 8 @! Z+ N# e* F6 c' ~& Q7 ]: r @+ i% _* l& ~! L$ C
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. b4 N' G; x X# L, A
9 t" T7 p! H+ H& G! r$ N( f* y! p# ^- X $ X! k; i. U6 d" f: ^* E / e1 ?7 m @4 pSource: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)9 b) b2 r) w. @# C