原油价格跌至50刀。! U- P9 x5 w0 j, l2 _% D. q7 F0 e5 t- _
* Q* L. C' i* W# p8 b
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.1 r/ Q' @' e4 Z# n; r
3 d% @& i6 a+ n6 s( ULight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.# e' }: L+ C+ `( g9 h
9 ^: F9 Z! v& T, j
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. W4 `3 B% O) \" w% \. p! P
& a) O2 J- \9 P! A2 p) [. l" oAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.) }# B( |. Z, |- g% k# Q2 n! p. A
1 w& U# T/ ?2 I) \) k" r" r