Gas prices jump nearly 3 cents to record, while oil pauses
Gas prices jumped nearly 3 cents overnight to a new national record of nearly $$3.65 a gallon Thursday, while oil prices paused from their own climb to record highs and succumbed to mild profit-taking.At the pump, the average price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide rose 2.7 cents to a record $$3.645, according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, despite news of a surprise gain in US crude reserves, as traders reacted to a raft of positive economic data in the key energy-consuming nation.