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Gas prices up slightly over past week in Delaware

Gas prices are up 65 cents in just two days – now topping out at $4.89 for a gallon of regular unleaded.

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AAA Michigan surveys daily fuel prices at 2,800 gas stations across the state.

Delaware drivers are paying 10 cents below the national average, which inched up one cent to $2.77 since last week. The price is 88 cents lower than this time a year ago, when the price was $3.65.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.74 in Baltimore, Cumberland and Hagerstown and $2.63 in Salisbury.

Global considerations remain front and center for oil prices, due to their potential to impact both global supply and nations’ demand for crude oil on the global market. That reflects a trend felt among many other parts of the country.

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