Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th
By The Associated Press
The price of oil fell slightly Friday, as the stock market drifted lower and efforts continued in Washington to strike a budget deal before the year-end deadline.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange:
Benchmark crude fell 7 cents to finish at $90.80 per barrel.
Gasoline fell 2.14 cents to end at $2.7999 a gallon.
Heating oil fell 2.75 cents to finish at $3.0448 a gallon.
Natural gas rose 5.7 cents to end at $3.4690 per 1,000 cubic feet.
On the ICE Futures exchange in London:
Brent crude fell 18 cents to finish the day at $109.83 per barrel.
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