Energy Commodity Futures Slipping
Posted on: Thursday, 2 February 2006, 09:00 CST
News of abundant U.S. petroleum inventories moved traders Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange to sell energy commodity futures.
High-quality crude oil for March delivery fell 41 cents to $66.15 per barrel, and natural gas was down 3 cents to $8.69 per million Btu.
Gasoline gave up a penny to $1.718 per gallon, and heating oil slipped as much to $1.8135 per gallon.
The Energy Department said Wednesday U.S. oil and product supplies were in the upper range of their average levels for this time of year.
Source: United Press International
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