Diesel Drops 1.2¢ to $2.775 in Fourth Straight Decline
Diesel fuel’s national average fell for the fourth straight week, declining 1.2 cents to $2.775 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.
Despite the decline, diesel is 16 cents higher than the same week last year, according to DOE figures.
Trucking’s main fuel has fallen 3.3 cents in the past month, compared with the previous four weeks in which it jumped 22.6 cents.
Gasoline, meanwhile, fell for the third time in four weeks, dipping a penny to $2.629 a gallon.
The downturn matched last week’s 1-cent increase and left gas 81.8 cents higher than the same week last year.
Gas had also risen 22.6 cents in the four weeks through Nov. 2, prior to the recent downward trend in which it has fallen 6.5 cents.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
