The U.S. average retail price of diesel spiked 4.2 cents to $3.313 a gallon as oil prices climbed to levels not seen in four years.
It was the sixth consecutive weekly increase, and trucking’s primary fuel has risen 10.6 cents since Aug. 20.
Diesel costs 52.1 cents a gallon more than it did a year ago, when the price was $2.792, the Department of Energy said Oct. 1.
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The average price was up in all regions, and highest in California, where it pushed past $4 a gallon to $4.038.