原油价格跌至50刀。5 m7 h5 j0 f( [3 z
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. : B9 G* _: v4 {+ }0 t5 I P" d1 O$ ?+ o7 D: P
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.$ b9 w9 ~6 l7 A I: f/ H9 h& Q4 Y( o4 f
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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 $1.3480 a gallon. ; n! }, C; u9 J& G+ S+ M " k1 k! F0 g$ ~$ `) k HAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.8 Z( Y' G9 {0 t- ^% z, h+ s