原油价格跌至50刀。 8 V- z$ |$ M$ d0 u: g/ l: }" A9 R& f- W1 F, v, `! X% ~" S
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 0 p: s) L% Y; s' {6 H S( O# E' n9 M4 z2 q8 V! ?
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.5 w. B* M3 Y8 x; c# q) I
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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 $1.3480 a gallon., f- z# J0 I) E2 |: b
7 [$ P7 Q4 M) H/ NAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. + g M! I. E3 _1 k 0 E: j, p& T+ }, S. K0 W' H% `1 M$ s! o+ i8 @
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)8 U( L# t0 @1 B% _- U# Y