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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. + P" _ l3 P6 o: E- B/ k- f' s3 |+ k4 ^3 S# F7 X5 g1 A( M: [7 i
Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ' |4 H$ r- w+ T6 @. e* O/ T( Y! F( P8 M1 C2 h: K8 i8 G( c
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.) D8 t/ ~ W0 r: z; y# j
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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.+ j: x5 E7 t0 c! i3 ~) O9 ~