Gas prices rebound after 5-day slide
Retail prices at the pump move back toward all-time high, according to AAA.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Retail gasoline prices rebounded after falling for five straight days, auto group AAA's Web site showed Wednesday.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose to $3.618, up eight-tenths of a cent from the previous day.
Gas prices have been marching steadily higher since the start of the year. The price at the pump rose to an all-time high of $3.623 a gallon May 1.
Drivers are now paying 19% more than what they were last year, when a gallon of gas cost on average $3.035.
The price of gas has been pushed up by the record crude prices. Crude futures hit a record trading high of $122.73 a barrel in electronic trading on Tuesday. 
