Crude Oil Prices Start the Day Lower
October 24, 2007
Crude oil prices began the Wednesday session on the New York Mercantile Exchange off 17 cents, selling for $85.10 a barrel in morning trading.
Prices were down for gasoline and natural gas, while heating oil began the day up.
Gasoline was selling for $2.1043 a gallon, off 0.0046 cents. The price per million British thermal units of natural gas was $6.730, down 0.031 cents.
At $2.3030, heating oil showed a gain of 0.0032 cents in morning trading.
At the pump, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report showed the price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.822, up from $2.820 reported Tuesday.