原油价格跌至50刀。 _' B9 l$ I1 F8 |! o 6 ?2 l- x: p5 c' A6 B& {Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005./ u E' |5 g. E
5 v# `# ]9 Q5 O( RLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. D2 s$ x! a" Z q4 T$ l& f6 C* M& H A+ n
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. ( T. ~5 r5 a+ q- C4 {/ m0 S4 P0 r + I3 \) y' n& R: W3 I8 FAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.5 O& c! q W" P% ]. X! n