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Diesel Holds at $2.889; Gas Drops 9.1¢ to $2.958
Diesel fuel’s national average pump price held at last week’s level of $2.889 a gallon, while gasoline plunged 9.1 cents to $2.958, the Department of Energy said Monday.
Trucking’s main fuel is now 5.7 cents below the same week last year and matched the year’s high price set last week, which was the highest level since Sept. 4.
Gas, meanwhile, is 4.5 cents below a year ago.
The diesel hold followed four increases in the previous five weeks, DOE figures showed.
As it did last week, the average price remains 47.6 cents higher than this year’s low price of $2.413, set on Jan. 29.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
