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Crude oil hovers over $95

Published: Jan. 21, 2013 at 7:07 PM

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The price of crude oil added 29 cents Monday to reach $95.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Gasoline dropped 0.35 cents to $2.7965 a gallon.

Home heating oil added 2.1 cents to $3.071 a gallon.

Natural gas climbed 5.9 cents to $3.629 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, AAA reported the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline rose to $3.305 per gallon from Sunday's $3.304.

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