Diesel Rises 1.8¢ to $2.60 for First Gain in Six Weeks
Diesel fuel’s national average price rose for the first time in six weeks, gaining 1.8 cents to $2.60 a gallon, while gasoline increased for the first time in nine weeks, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
Diesel had declined 9.2 cents in the prior five weeks, from a 2009 high of $2.674 set on Aug. 31.
The latest price left trucking’s main fuel $1.059 below the same week a year ago, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
Gasoline, for its part, gained 2.1 cents to $2.489 a gallon, marking the first rise since a 9-cent jump on Aug. 10 to $2.647
Since then, the motor fuel had fallen 17.9 cents, to last week’s $2.468, according to DOE records.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price. This week’s survey was released Tuesday because of the Columbus Day federal holiday Monday.
