Diesel Edges Up 0.2¢ to $3.85 a Gallon; Gasoline Gains a Nickel to $3.439
Diesel rose two-tenths of a cent to $3.85 a gallon, its third increase in four weeks, while gasoline gained a nickel, the Department of Energy said Monday.
Gas rose to $3.439 a gallon marking its fifth increase in six weeks, DOE said following its weekly surveys of filling stations.
Both fuels fell by less than a penny last week, with diesel down 0.6 cent and gas down 0.2 cent.
This week’s diesel uptick was just its third increase in the past 10 weeks. It had fallen for six straight weeks from late November through the start of the year.
Trucking’s main fuel fell 22.7 cents in those six weeks. Through Monday, gasoline has cumulatively gained 21 cents in six weeks.
Diesel is now 41.2 cents over the same week last year, while gas is 33.8 cents over a year ago.
Oil prices have held steady near $99 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in the past week, Bloomberg figures showed.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
