Diesel Gains a Penny to $3.82 a Gallon
Diesel’s national average pump price rose for the first time in five weeks, edging up 1 cent to $3.820 a gallon, while gasoline increased 4.6 cents to $3.627, the Department of Energy said Monday.
Diesel has declined in 12 of 17 weeks since early May. Gasoline rose for the first time in four weeks.
The previous week’s price was the lowest in almost six months, since the $3.716 per-gallon price on Feb. 28, according to DOE records.
Diesel is now 88.2 cents higher than the same week a year ago, while gasoline is 94.5 cents over the same week last year, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
Diesel is 30.4 cents below the year’s high of $4.124 set May 2, which was the highest national average price since August 2008. Gas is 33.8 cents below the price on May 9, which was also the highest since 2008.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
