Oil prices resume fall, leaving motorists in the dark

This is why it's so hard to figure out where the price of gasoline is headed. Last week oil futures tumbled to below $100 a barrel (they had been around $113, which is one reason you've been paying so much for gas). But then they began inching up to over $103, and this morning they're back down to about $100. Reason? In a nutshell, lots of bobbing and weaving among traders who don't really know where the market is headed and are hedging their bets.