原油价格跌至50刀。 2 s0 `! T! B& b1 ]8 } " G+ X) C* ?6 f/ q' ICrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. & H& v: \& C2 A; F 1 U0 d" M4 ^' a+ n+ e) f! u$ D& lLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 0 E( @6 B* U1 t1 E . u+ U+ J% l/ oFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon. / O- B3 ]" f! {* ^$ o! L0 L # t' Q& T5 D2 `& z# M$ MAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. , s: l& K I8 {# B: X8 d; s0 k$ B; r. z
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)2 l# K' m2 v h, u4 R: A