Energy Commodity Prices Close Mixed
March 7, 2006
Energy commodity prices closed mixed Tuesday on New York’s energy futures market with crude oil prices down about 1.3 percent.
The April contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange for high-quality crude oil fell 83 cents to $61.58 per barrel, but natural-gas futures climbed 13.1 cents to $6.678 million Btu.
Gasoline declined 2.26 cents at $1.6324 a gallon, and heating oil was off 3.5 cents at $1.7222 a gallon.