原油价格跌至50刀。 . E( e8 ^! A$ b! U6 \: S% e* s, ]9 K! M r
Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. C( d7 X) I7 X. u5 H0 |; U
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Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ) m; i/ }; i' k! @$ u3 m% j . ^5 T. \9 b8 o. \! dFebruary 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.+ A. V# J3 ^* ^( c0 F! ^6 W
0 \/ r6 J4 p2 c% y, AAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.4 t" k6 j5 X) ~. B; R