Gasoline Market Update

January gasoline RBF5, +0.72%  retreated less than a penny, or 0.3%, to settle at $1.8070 a gallon on Nymex. That was gasoline’s lowest settlement since October 2009. January heating oil HOF5, +0.61%  lost 2 cents, or 1%, to finish at $2.1334 a gallon on Nymex.

Natural gas for January delivery NGF15, -0.32%  fell 7 cents, or 1.8%, to end at $3.8050 per million British thermal units. Natural-gas futures have ended lower for five straight sessions.