原油价格跌至50刀。 2 V1 Q* }+ W4 M $ \* S! o' e% f, `* ^Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.9 k7 q/ m c3 y6 R4 z+ K
+ A& J) v! k0 ^( H" NLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ' _( e$ {: G9 A e. T y6 J' T4 ^& p" G4 ?; g; s. `
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- P/ m+ K* V9 R
/ {' g6 Q7 q1 o- z. o: O( GAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 8 S( X8 l z3 w" `0 x; R, h2 u$ P8 S2 w) |5 y
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