Key Currency Exchange Rates for Friday, 2/24/23

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $2.003; Month Ago: $1.785; Year Ago: $2.795. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $2.410; Month Ago: $2.429; Year Ago: $3.072.

Motor fuel prices fell 0.7 percent in New York, while crude futures slipped from the lowest closing level in five weeks. Valero Energy Corp. and Citgo Petroleum Corp. were said to be preparing to restart their refineries in Corpus Christi after Harvey moved through over the weekend. The storm, which made landfall on Friday, is poised to regain strength before crashing ashore again near the Texas-Louisiana border on Wednesday. “It is a question of the market reassessing the risk to refineries while also concluding we are past the peak season in terms of demand,” said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank A/S in Copenhagen. “We are seasonally heading towards a lower demand period which means that any signs of things beginning to normalize could have quite a negative impact on prices.” Click Read More below for additional detail.

National Average Price for Regular – Current: $2.519; Month Ago: $2.320; Year Ago: $2.223. National Average Price for Diesel – Current: $2.591; Month Ago: $2.477; Year Ago: $2.368.