At least one contract was exchanged on the trading floor today at $100.10 a barrel. What's amazing about the recent price plunge is that it's happening in the middle of hurricane season, when traders are typically nervous about disruptions in the Gulf. Not this time. Since hitting a record high of $147.27 on July 11, oil has fallen 31.5 percent.
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