原油价格跌至50刀。 * d! t5 n+ ]; c3 ~ , T; h1 M& w4 VCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. $ {7 K; L2 X# ^- D# X( [/ A; V% W' [* B1 o u7 t6 x0 r
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange./ D5 c0 N7 ?2 ?! D$ L# T9 {2 V7 @
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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 $1.3480 a gallon.( F0 e7 A* `$ I- c7 U" u
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.% L! q* [3 j6 I' _) `
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)$ }& ?7 Z/ B5 a