% y/ _$ e& B2 Y; d0 n' ~2 _' ?Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005., Z' U$ B- F( L% J3 E
; m) K' m2 Z, P2 X0 q& Q9 @9 lLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. / Q. _( T: I2 @3 I5 L; k: h4 M 9 x8 h/ `& m3 c2 Z7 W" K* EFebruary 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. : x, W9 p* Y5 D9 S5 [- e6 ?6 F, u0 T- T% ^5 s( y1 R
AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.+ u1 T1 Y C% P4 m" v1 d# {" \