原油价格跌至50刀。 ' ~( J3 J# H! f; [! g0 h2 j, q( E % f$ r; E8 P5 P" b2 O) n7 q/ s2 uCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.4 ?4 b* q4 {2 u3 X! T1 X
" g9 p# b, {* [# |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.- d n1 @. G; o( w. k
8 Y2 ]- d1 p) i( g: w7 ]* xFebruary 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.0 C; x# u% d- ^3 M
& _/ X( e3 z5 l5 x0 [3 m9 {7 PAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. " W+ _( V$ t; T1 a8 M) e7 i' Z- b& d4 d5 D- e2 K9 n2 E
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)- n1 o) S' Q4 @/ P) Y7 N