The price of crude oil in New York held near $105 per barrel, as unemployment in the eurozone rose to 10.9 percent, a record for the currency region.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate crude oil for June delivery peaked at $105.42 per barrel before settling slightly lower at $105.36.
Natural gas added 0.2 cents to $2.55 per million British thermal units.
Home heating oil gained 0.47 cents to $3.1472 per gallon.
Reformulated blendstock gasoline rose by 0.83 cents to $3.084 per gallon.
At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline dropped to $3.803 per gallon from Tuesday's $3.809, AAA said.
Gold prices, meanwhile, slid on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday as the dollar index rose 0.43 percent to 79.16.
Gold, which moved higher only slightly Monday and Tuesday, backslid, giving up $8.40 to $1,654 per troy ounce. Silver shed 28 cents to close at $30.64 an ounce.
The euro fell to $1.3154 from Tuesday's $1.3158, while the dollar fell to 80.12 yen from Tuesday's 80.13 yen.
The British pound was $1.61999 from $1.6202. The dollar was at 7.7588 Hong Kong dollars from 7.7589.
The dollar rose to 0.9871 Canadian dollars from 0.9865. Against the Australian dollar, the greenback rose to $1.0324 from $1.0334.
