Gasoline Prices Jump 11 Cents, Lundberg Reports

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etail gasoline prices rose an average of 11 cents in the past two weeks, with regular climbing to $2.35 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.

The average price for all three grades increased to $2.38 a gallon for the two weeks ended Friday analyst Trilby Lundberg said in her semimonthly survey.

The regular price rose 11 cents from $2.24. Mid-grade rose to $2.45, from $2.34, and premium climbed to $2.55, from $2.44.



Gas prices are 38 cents higher than this time last year, Lundberg said.

Among stations surveyed, the lowest average price in the country for regular unleaded was in Newark, N.J., at $2.15 a gallon, while the most expensive was $2.63, in Honolulu.