Diesel Jumps 7.6¢ to $3.015
Diesel jumped 7.6 cents to a national average $3.015 a gallon — the first time in 17 months it has topped the $3 mark, the Department of Energy said Monday.
It had gained 19.8 in five straight increases before last week’s 0.7-cent drop, and Monday’s jump matched the first of those five gains, a 7.6-cent increase on Feb. 22.
Trucking’s main fuel last saw a national average of more than $3 on Nov. 3, 2008, when it registered $3.088 as it declined from that year’s record high prices.
Crude oil prices also rose Monday to their highest level in 17 months, climbing almost $2 to near $87 a gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.
