原油价格跌至50刀。3 a7 I! N$ q% ~; k! j$ [7 m
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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.4 _" m7 J+ o0 |$ f- m2 W+ J7 K9 o# Q
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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. ) L' M1 m) R8 U8 W 7 k% f5 K% W1 i* L- e2 H" QFebruary 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. ; b; K3 S1 `0 n 7 v: p! C5 G4 N7 G7 eAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.( J+ I# L- R9 ^- X
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Source: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)- R! ?: w) v- D o9 U. k