Missouri's retail gasoline prices rose 5.3 cents during the week of Feb. 6-12 to an average of $3.31 per gallon yesterday.
The Show-Me State's average was 16 cents lower than the national average, which increased 3.3 cents during the week. The state's average yesterday was 15.1 cents higher than a month ago and 34.5 cents higher than a year ago, while the U.S. average was 12.3 cents higher than a month ago and 34.8 cents higher than the same day last year, according to a GasBuddy.com news release.
"Retail gasoline prices have continued to slowly rise across a majority of the United States," GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan said in the release, referring to Feb. 12 prices. "With the exception of one state - Wyoming - all states are seeing their gasoline prices averaging more than $3 per gallon again, with some of the largest cities - New York City and Los Angeles - closing in on $4 per gallon."
As of this morning, however, Wyoming had pushed its way to an average of $3.02 per gallon. The state still had the least expensive gas in the nation, while Missouri had the ninth lowest cost at an average of $3.32 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com's list of the
lowest gas averages by state.
As of 9:16 a.m., Springfield had the lowest cost of gas in Missouri. At Phillips 66, 820 E. Battlefield Road, gas was selling for $3.10 per gallon, according to MissouriGasPrices.com.
Chicago-based GasBuddy Organization Inc. operates a system of more than 250 price-tracking Web sites under GasBuddy.com.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil was trading at $100.22 per barrel as of 9:19 a.m. Light sweet crude oil futures for March were trading at $99.81 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to the
CME Group.
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