NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as commodities were undermined by an outbreak of the swine flu.
Crude oil fell $1.42 to $50.13 per barrel while health departments warned the swine flu, which broke out in Mexico, could become pandemic.
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Heating oil prices fell 0.037 cents to $1.3285 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline dropped 0.0353 cents to $1.4030 per gallon. Natural gas prices fell 0.012 cents to $3.261 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.05 Monday, down from Sunday's $2.052 a gallon, AAA said.