NYMEX crude oil holds at more than $95 a barrel NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices held at more than $95 per barrel Wednesday morning in New York with China reporting April crude oil imports up 3.5 percent from March. West Texas Intermediate crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange held close to steady, adding 7 cents to $95.63 per barrel. Gasoline prices lost 1.12 cents to $2.8164 a gallon. Home heating oil lost 1.08 cents to $2.9098 a gallon. Natural gas added 0.8 cents to $3.935 per million British thermal units. At the pump, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $3.539 Tuesday, up from Monday's $3.525, the AAA Fuel Gauge Report said.