Crude oil hovers above $96

Posted on Aug 18, 2012 in Business | 0 comments

Crude oil prices closed up Friday on the New York Stock Exchange, picking up 41 cents to settle at $96.01 a barrel.

Natural gas rose 2 cents to $2.74 per million British thermal units.

Home heating oil lost 2 cents to close at $3.11.

Reformulated blendstock gasoline was off 4 cents to reach $3.04 a gallon.

At the pump, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $3.716, up from $3.71 Thursday, AAA reported.