Crude oil settles down


Numbers are displayed on an electronic sign at the NYMEX as oil nears $104 per barrel on March 4, 2008 in New York. Oil prices continued to rise ahead of the OPEC production meeting where it is predicted that OPEC will not increase oil supply to ease record-high prices. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

Crude oil prices closed down Friday, losing $1.22 to $91.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Gasoline gained less than a penny to settle at $2.94 a gallon.

Home heating oil lost 2 cents to end the session at $2.92 a gallon.

Natural gas posted an 8-cent gain to close at $3.08 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline added 1 cent overnight to $3.447 per gallon, AAA said.

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