Crude oil ends 2007 down

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices finished Monday down 2 cents, closing at $95.98 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Heating oil, gasoline and natural gas finished the last trading session of the year higher.

Heating oil closed at $4.6444 per gallon, up 0.0074 cents. The per-gallon price of gasoline closed up 0.0161 cents at $2.4758. Natural gas finished the session 0.097 cents higher, at $7.483.

The average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $3.046 at the gasoline pump, up from $3.039 Sunday, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said.