原油价格跌至50刀。 : n/ z! v; L9 z( D- q$ U# \# z
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.0 R( [( P: a" h- w# V/ V
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Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.0 c6 g, h0 `; F/ R7 S) k) b$ n
u7 D7 E9 v X" E. nFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon. 7 w) i) ^! b" V6 k* z4 k6 z" \" `+ n$ H: j M1 e) J$ d* E
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.9 k: X% @' X0 _. i