Today in Energy
January 24, 2017Daily Prices
Daily wholesale and retail prices for various energy products are shown below, including spot prices and select futures prices at national or regional levels. Prices are updated each weekday (excluding federal holidays), typically between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. This page is meant to provide a snapshot of selected daily prices only. Prices are republished by EIA with permission as follows: Wholesale Spot Petroleum Prices from Thomson Reuters, Retail Petroleum Prices from AAA Fuel Gauge Report, Prompt-Month Energy Futures from CME Group, and Select Spot Prices from SNL Energy.
Daily Prices
| Wholesale Spot Petroleum Prices, 1/23/17 Close | |||
| Product | Area | Price | Percent Change* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil ($/barrel) |
WTI | 52.77 | +0.8 |
| Brent | 54.80 | -0.4 | |
| Louisiana Light | 54.45 | +0.5 | |
| Gasoline (RBOB) ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 1.55 | +0.2 |
| Gulf Coast | 1.53 | +0.9 | |
| Los Angeles | 1.52 | +0.4 | |
| Heating Oil ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 1.53 | -0.8 |
| Gulf Coast | 1.50 | +0.4 | |
| 3:2:1 Crack Spread ($/barrel) |
Gulf Coast (LLS) | 10.52 | +1.9 |
| Low-Sulfur Diesel ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 1.60 | -1.0 |
| Gulf Coast | 1.58 | +0.3 | |
| Los Angeles | 1.63 | -0.9 | |
| Propane ($/gallon) |
Mont Belvieu, TX | 0.77 | +1.2 |
| Conway, KS | 0.74 | +0.7 | |
| Retail Petroleum Prices (AAA), 1/23/17 ($/gallon) | |||
| Regular Gasoline | U.S. Average | 2.30 | -0.7 |
| Diesel | U.S. Average | 2.52 | -0.2 |
| Financial Indicators, 1/23/17 Close | Price | Percent Change* |
|
| Commodity Price Index | 2400.58 | -0.2 | |
| S&P 500 Index | 2265.20 | -0.3 | |
| U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate Index | 100.04 | -0.6 | |
| Prompt-Month Energy Futures, 1/23/17 Settlement | ||||
| Product | Price | Percent Change* |
Volume | Prior Day Open Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil ($/barrel) - NYMEX Mar | 52.75 | -0.9 | 468 | 637 |
| Gasoline-RBOB ($/gallon) - NYMEX Feb | 1.57 | 0.0 | 35 | 48 |
| Heating Oil ($/gallon) - NYMEX Feb | 1.63 | -1.2 | 37 | 43 |
| Natural Gas ($/million Btu) - NYMEX Feb | 3.24 | +1.2 | 110 | 54 |
| Coal ($/ton) - NYMEX | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ethanol ($/gallon) - CBOT Feb | 1.49 | +0.1 | 1 | 2 |
| Select Spot Prices for Delivery Today | |||||
| Region | Natural Gas ($/million Btu) |
Electricity ($/MWh) |
Spark Spread ($/MWh) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Percent Change* |
Price | Percent Change* |
||
| New England | 3.60 | +13.0 | 35.64 | +0.4 | 10.47 |
| New York City | 3.06 | +2.0 | 38.31 | +0.8 | 16.89 |
| Mid-Atlantic | 3.06 | +4.0 | 30.06 | -2.4 | 8.63 |
| Midwest | 3.14 | -1.7 | 27.23 | -8.9 | 5.25 |
| Louisiana | 3.16 | -2.0 | 28.25 | -11.7 | 6.12 |
| Houston | 3.03 | -3.3 | 29.00 | +7.4 | 7.82 |
| Southwest | 3.07 | +1.7 | 28.75 | +4.5 | 7.24 |
| Southern CA | 3.29 | +3.9 | 36.81 | -2.2 | 13.81 |
| Northern CA | 3.54 | -0.5 | 37.37 | -2.5 | 12.58 |
| Northwest | 3.15 | +0.9 | 31.63 | +1.2 | 9.55 |
*Percent changes based on daily settlement price from previous business day.
NA = Data was not available at time of retrieval. Percent Change column will display NA if data from previous day was not retrieved.
Sources: CME Group,
, SNL Energy, AAA Fuel Gauge Report