Gasoline Dips to $3.83, Lundberg Reports

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Gasoline declined almost half a cent in the past two weeks to $3.83 a gallon, the first downturn since July, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Midgrade’s average price is $4 and premium’s price is $4.12, analyst Trilby Lundberg said in her twice-monthly survey, which covered the two-week period ended Friday.

Diesel held at about $4.14, the survey said, according to the Associated Press.

The gasoline dip followed a decline in oil prices, which fell more than $6 last week, Bloomberg reported.



Crude futures closed Friday at $92.89 a barrel — down from $99 a week earlier, which was a four-month high on the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Bloomberg figures.

Chicago had the most expensive gasoline with an average price of $4.25 a gallon, while Jackson, Miss., was cheapest among cities surveyed, at $3.51, Lundberg said.

The Department of Energy will release its weekly survey of diesel and gasoline pump prices Monday afternoon in Washington.