原油价格跌至50刀。 - [2 F' z2 Y- Z% @) [! y7 v( j/ L , D. ]9 E0 [: D wCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.9 d3 r/ }- F1 Q5 a2 H* n8 f
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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. + @: b2 \2 J' S; ?3 ~. _2 V# [+ P) V2 X, ?
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 $1.3480 a gallon.1 d2 ]) h1 H* m+ _7 y$ {
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.0 P. e) F2 K* U3 [( B& i/ b( d; P& o