MYMEX crude at $95.20 per barrel NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices held under $96 per barrel early Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Light, sweet crude on the NYMEX listing shed 24 cents to $95.20 per barrel. Reformulated gasoline blendstock for February gave up 9.71 cents to $2.6888 a gallon. February heating oil dropped 0.39 cents to $3.9828 a gallon while natural gas shed 4 cents to $4.28 per million British thermal units. The national average price of unleaded regular gasoline rose at the pump, climbing to $3.326 a gallon from Friday's $3.325, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said.