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January 8, 2019Daily Prices

Daily wholesale and retail prices for various energy products are shown below, including spot prices and select futures prices at national or regional levels. Prices are updated each weekday (excluding federal holidays), typically between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. This page is meant to provide a snapshot of selected daily prices only. Prices are republished by EIA with permission as follows: Wholesale Spot Petroleum Prices from Thomson Reuters, Retail Petroleum Prices from AAA Fuel Gauge Report, Prompt-Month Energy Futures from CME Group, and Select Spot Prices from SNL Energy.

Daily Prices
Wholesale Spot Petroleum Prices, 1/07/19 Close
Product Area Price Percent
Change*
Crude Oil
($/barrel)
WTI 48.27 +1.1
Brent 57.10 +2.6
Louisiana Light 54.37 +1.5
Gasoline (RBOB)
($/gallon)
NY Harbor 1.36 -1.1
Gulf Coast 1.28 -1.2
Los Angeles 1.49 -0.9
Heating Oil
($/gallon)
NY Harbor 1.75 0.0
Gulf Coast 1.58 +0.7
3:2:1 Crack Spread
($/barrel)
Gulf Coast (LLS) 5.14 -18.5
Low-Sulfur Diesel
($/gallon)
NY Harbor 1.80 +1.4
Gulf Coast 1.70 +0.3
Los Angeles 1.79 +0.3
Propane
($/gallon)
Mont Belvieu, TX 0.62 -2.0
Conway, KS 0.51 -6.0
Retail Petroleum Prices (AAA), 1/07/19 ($/gallon)
Regular Gasoline U.S. Average 2.23 -0.6
Diesel U.S. Average 2.95 -0.5
Financial Indicators, 1/07/19 Close Price Percent
Change*
Commodity Price Index 2292.07 +0.6
S&P; 500 Index 2549.69 +0.7
Prompt-Month Energy Futures, 1/07/19 Settlement
Product Price Percent
Change*
Volume Prior Day
Open Interest
Crude Oil ($/barrel) - Nymex Feb 48.52 +1.2 833 367
Gasoline-RBOB ($/gallon) - Nymex Feb 1.34 -0.5 90 121
Heating Oil ($/gallon) - Nymex Feb 1.78 +0.5 62 109
Natural Gas ($/million Btu) - Nymex Feb 2.94 -3.3 117 174
Coal ($/ton) - Nymex NA NA NA NA
Ethanol ($/gallon) - CBOT Feb 1.28 -1.1 < 1 2
Select Spot Prices for Delivery Today
Region Natural Gas
($/million Btu)
Electricity
($/MWh)
Spark
Spread

($/MWh)
Price Percent
Change*
Price Percent
Change*
New England 2.78 -12.5 29.51 -2.1 10.04
New York City 2.65 +4.5 30.63 -12.8 12.08
Mid-Atlantic 2.57 +0.2 24.44 -21.2 6.44
Midwest 2.53 -2.2 22.93 -0.8 5.19
Louisiana 2.74 -2.0 24.00 -11.1 4.81
Houston 2.68 -0.6 25.00 -20.0 6.27
Southwest 2.52 -5.1 11.50 -75.3 0.00
Southern CA 3.12 -3.9 50.42 +2.0 28.56
Northern CA 3.42 -2.8 51.13 +1.7 27.16
Northwest 3.12 -4.2 43.75 -3.8 21.94

*Percent changes based on daily settlement price from previous business day.
NA = Data was not available at time of retrieval. Percent Change column will display NA if data from previous day was not retrieved.
Sources: CME Group, , SNL Energy, AAA Fuel Gauge Report