原油价格跌至50刀。 # {, Q- h2 r: o$ q0 F + @- l( f" S3 [& N: LCrude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 3 l6 m! W7 k$ J# I& A6 S5 p/ p# F$ l 3 l/ v# P7 K+ u& SLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange." B6 g4 c9 ?- J" H4 _
V' ]1 I: p; a. v' _3 YFebruary 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. + z3 X; D. ]8 o5 {" B + N% p4 e" G+ \7 A% UAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 9 j6 O- a1 J V4 Q6 ` 9 g6 E/ z9 S3 B! g+ ~6 g8 G1 W2 o0 ?6 l; e& p