原油价格跌至50刀。$ B/ g2 T9 v8 x. @6 W( n1 _
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. . {4 E9 {+ V) T4 [+ k6 |' r$ e3 a; Z4 X5 k+ a- {. ?+ f, Q: G& q
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.2 }7 L# E9 }/ T7 e" x
! t9 Y6 T/ Q* B7 U8 p& ~( Q- ~$ a; MFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon./ f1 b# j" J$ \) A& z/ T5 E
9 F) P' Y8 d+ y6 |+ iAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.9 W# W+ c R: h0 b& g! D4 w