Weekend pause in Phila. gasoline prices

Average gasoline prices held steady over the weekend in Philadelphia, but rose by a cent in South Jersey, the AAA Mid-Atlantic auto club said today.

The average cost of a gallon of regular was $3.56 this morning in Southeastern Pennsylvania and $3.36 in South Jersey, the club said.

A year ago, the price was $2.83 in Philadelphia, and $2.61 in South Jersey.

The national average was up two cents from Friday, to $3.58 a gallon.

Crude oil prices, meanwhile, slipped below $105 per barrel Monday after Libyan rebels recaptured some key oil ports and promised to resume exports. Prices are still 22 percent above what they were in mid-February, when fighting in Libya squeezed off shipments that had supplied nearly 2 percent of the world's oil.    - Inquirer staff and AP