Triple A Louisiana says gas prices in the metro New Orleans area are up again today, this time by two cents a gallon over yesterday's price.

The monitoring organization says today's price for regular unleaded self serve gas is nearly $3.59 a gallon.

Yesterday it was more than $3.56.

A month ago gas was $3.27 a gallon and last year it was just over $2.86.

Oil closed at $126 on the New York markets yesterday at $126 a gallon.