The U.S. average retail price of diesel inched up 0.6 cent to $3.258 a gallon, while crude oil prices fell amid questions over supplies in light of looming sanctions against Iran.
Trucking’s main fuel costs 45.6 cents a gallon more than it did a year ago, when the price was $2.802, the Department of Energy said Sept. 10.
Averages rose in all regions but New England and the West Coast less California.
The national average price for regular gasoline rose 0.9 cent to $2.833 a gallon, DOE’s Energy Information Administration said. The average is 14.8 cents higher than it was a year ago.
Average gasoline prices rose in all regions.
Crude oil futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed Sept. 10 at $67.54 per barrel compared with $69.87 on Sept. 4.