Oil ends lower, under $96 a barrel

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Oil ends lower, under $96 a barrel

By The Associated Press

The price of benchmark oil fell for a second day, dropping below $96 a barrel.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange:

Benchmark crude fell $1.33 to finish at $95.29 per barrel.

Gasoline fell 4.43 cents to end at $2.8990 a gallon.

Heating oil fell 3.63 cents to finish at $3.1271 a gallon.

Natural gas fell 9.2 cents to end at $2.7730 per 1,000 cubic feet.

On the ICE Futures exchange in London:

Brent crude fell $1.76 to finish the day at $112.03 per barrel.

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