原油价格跌至50刀。8 I" F, J2 k5 ?! L% Q
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 7 k0 _; z; s, B: R1 k0 J1 u& e7 y; _4 F1 ]2 o; }" ?; k
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. $ D1 e7 U( a- V" a& Y! B; ?+ m% `6 h/ g1 Y; }
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.& P6 P6 }2 e1 f4 h
8 V. Z9 f/ e: N6 jAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 8 p4 _$ c! c5 ] ?+ Z; ~# K) N( Q5 w+ X9 u. ]
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)$ A& c# y% H O( k5 M" s