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Crude oil rose Wednesday to $73.94 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The 19-cent gain was accompanied by a 48-cent increase in the price of natural gas, which climbed to $6.86 per million Btu.

Heating oil picked up 3 cents to $1.97 per gallon, and gasoline gained a penny to settle at $2.295 per gallon.

Early Wednesday, AAA said the average U.S. retail price of gasoline hit $3 per gallon.