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Crude oil settles down

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Published: July 20, 2012 at 4:17 PM

NEW YORK, July 20 (UPI) -- 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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