原油价格跌至50刀。 - o0 v4 d: A; w8 h: k( R `6 n ; G8 Z, v5 S6 C, ? z% a4 [Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.. B& a" E7 L2 K# @7 R; @
. a) L! j) l: g! i6 k8 h! p) yLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.) m, e& V: {9 o+ p3 y
2 ` i: I4 E+ a7 L/ ^3 O$ aFebruary 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 ]3 S0 B1 P. l* Y0 ?: l* E* l _
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.# V2 e* R# j; V9 [: P4 O4 q4 ~
; J1 ~- H4 t- h 0 s; P" G5 i c$ ^; C9 _ z% K" k% h# P2 n# l9 A G& g* R0 j* \% QSource: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)* u+ S) m4 P! W+ Z1 r6 h