Down Day for Oil Prices

Crude prices took a break from their recent ascent Tuesday, declining in New York after Goldman Sachs said it would advise taking profits.

Oil ended the last session at a record price above $93 a barrel, the latest in a string of new all-time highs. Recently, though, crude for December delivery was down $1.86 to $91.67.

At the same time, reformulated gasoline was losing 3 cents to $2.30 a gallon, and heating oil was weaker by 1 cent to $2.45 a gallon. Natural gas went against the trend and rose 12 cents to $8.09 per million British thermal units. ...