September Oil, Gasoline Continue to Fall

Oil and gasoline futures dropped Monday on concerns about the economy's health and as investors sold to lock in profits from last week's record-setting rally.

Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $3.42 to settle at $72.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract has fallen more than $6 from the intraday price record of $78.77 it set last week.

September gasoline was off 10.31 cents to settle at $1.9259 on the Nymex.