Oil prices settle at $81.45 a barrel

Oil prices settle at $81.45 a barrel

Oil prices fell again Monday on worries that fraud charges against Goldman Sachs could prompt a retreat from energy commodities to more safe-haven investments.

Here’s a breakdown of how energy prices traded Monday:

Crude: tumbled $1.79 to settle at $81.45 a barrel.

Heating oil: fell 6.01 cents to settle at $2.1568 a gallon.

Gasoline: fell 2.26 cents to close at $2.2544 a gallon.

Natural gas: fell 9.5 cents to $3.944 per 1,000 cubic feet.

On the ICE futures exchange:

Brent crude: down $1.76 to settle at $84.23.