Crude oil prices turn upward Tuesday

Published: Aug. 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices turned upward on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday.

Oil prices gained in step, but in the opposite direction, of the U.S. dollar, which fell against the euro to $1.4784.

Crude oil prices gained $1.39 Monday to $114.53 per barrel. Heating oil prices rose 0.0313 cents to $3.1237 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline prices rose 0.0449 cents to $2.8639 per gallon. Natural gas prices rose 0.105 cents to $7.976 per million British thermal units.

The national average retail price of unleaded regular gasoline fell 0.011 cent from Monday's price to $3.73 per gallon, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said.

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