原油价格跌至50刀。 . C- x# h1 q: B$ {9 j+ G5 Q6 _5 ?) w! S' \$ q
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.) K7 L% ~. |# K2 h
& _8 D; e( P y& OLight, 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 _. E9 }& e7 W9 Z5 V5 V
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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. 2 L/ E3 S# x* a' k+ A 6 G; H/ L) q9 l4 o& Q8 b) hAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. * B# O5 J3 Q0 _( @% ?* q, X / x5 {/ o6 r4 Z) ?( K. B; d. r : L+ Z9 C h% ^9 s. d5 M! C5 b % G# w) C o* D$ z5 {: Z$ {" w8 GSource: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)- m$ Z; O: m4 D$ a1 `