Diesel Rises 2.6¢ to $3.949 a Gallon; Gasoline Rises for Fourth Straight Week
Diesel rose for the third straight week, climbing 2.6 cents to $3.949 a gallon, while gasoline rose for a fourth week, the Department of Energy said Monday.
The diesel upturn left trucking’s main fuel $1.03 over the week last year, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
Gasoline rose 1.7 cents to $3.699 a gallon, DOE said. Gas has gained 12.5 cents in the past month and is now 95 cents over the same week a year ago.
Diesel has risen almost a dime — 9.9 cents — in the past three weeks and is 17.5 cents below the year’s high of $4.124 set May 2, which was the highest national average in more than two-and-a-half years.
Crude oil fell Monday for the first time in a week, slipping 67 cents to finish the New York Mercantile Exchange trading day at $99.20 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
