Diesel Falls 6.6¢ to $3.828 in Largest Drop Since May 2010
Diesel dropped 6.6 cents to $3.828 a gallon, its fourth straight downturn and the biggest decline in more than a year and a half, the Department of Energy said Monday.
Gasoline, meanwhile, fell 5.7 cents to $3.229 a gallon for a fifth straight drop, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
Diesel has fallen 18.2 cents in the past four weeks, though it rose 12.3 cents in two weekly increases just prior to that.
Trucking’s main fuel is now 58 cents higher than the same week last year, while gasoline is 24.7 cents higher, according to DOE records.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
