Gas prices in Florida averaged $3.16 per gallon on Sunday. The state average is 8 cents higher than a week ago but only 2 cents higher than the price drivers paid on Christmas Day.
Sunday’s state average is also lower than the $3.30 per gallon paid by drivers a year earlier, according to AAA.
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“Florida drivers have seen some volatility in prices at the pump in recent weeks and that trend could continue in the coming weeks,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Gasoline supplies are strong right now, due to strong refinery activity and seasonally low demand. That would normally help keep gas prices low, but oil prices remain propped up by concerns over the possibility of widening conflict in the Middle East.”
Crude oil prices – which influence more than half the price of gasoline – closed at $73.81 per barrel. That’s nearly $2/b (3%) more than the week before.
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