Average US Price Of Gas Jumps 6 Cents Per Gallon, To $2.50

Customers pump gasoline at a gas station in the Bronx, where gas prices are over $3.00 per gallon,  June 1, 2018 in New York.

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Customers pump gasoline at a gas station in the Bronx, where gas prices are over $3.00 per gallon, June 1, 2018 in New York.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline is up 6 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.50.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that the price at the pump is 9 cents lower than it was a year ago.

The highest average price in the nation is $3.29 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The lowest average is $2.13 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The average price of diesel rose 3 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.05.

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