Retail fuel margins drop fourth straight week

  • Retail fuel margins drop fourth straight week

    The OPIS report today showed the average retail fuel margin across the US dropped again this week, making it the fourth consecutive decrease, and the fifth in six weeks.

    The average retail fuel margin now stands at $0.195 per gallon, down $0.016 per gallon since last week. The year to date average held steady at $0.185, while the Q3 average dropped slightly to $0.240 per gallon. The six week average took a hit as well, decreasing to $0.235 per gallon.

    The average retail margin this week still stands $.014 above the equivalent Friday last year. But in 2013, we saw three weeks of margin gains through September, rising a total of $0.111 per gallon. We can only hope we’ll see a similar trend this year.

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