New Delhi: Fuel prices continued on an upward trend on Saturday to touch the highest level across the country with petrol and diesel prices at Rs 105.49 per liter (up 35 paise) and Rs 94.22 per liter (up 0.35 paise) in the national capital. Stayed. respectively.
According to news agency ANI, “Petrol and diesel prices per liter-Rs 111.43 and Rs 102.15 in Mumbai, Rs 106.11 and Rs 97.33 in Kolkata, Rs 102.70 and Rs 98.59 in Chennai respectively.” According to the price notification of the state-owned fuel retailers, petrol price touched its all-time high of Rs 105.49 per liter in Delhi and Rs 111.43 per liter in Mumbai. Diesel price in Mumbai is Rs 102.15 per litre.
According to the price notification of the state-owned fuel retailers, petrol price touched its all-time high of Rs 105.49 per liter in Delhi and Rs 111.43 per liter in Mumbai.
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This is the third consecutive day of increase in the prices of petrol and diesel by 35 paise per liter. There was no change in rates on October 12 and 13. The price of petrol and diesel has gone up to Rs 106.10 and Rs 97.33 in Kolkata and Rs 102.70 in Chennai and Rs 98.59 in Chennai respectively.
Petrol in Bengaluru is now available at Rs 109.16 per liter and diesel at Rs 100.00 and in Hyderabad a liter of petrol is now available at Rs 109.73 and diesel at Rs 102.80 per liter.
Even as petrol price has already crossed Rs 100 per liter level in most parts of the country, several states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar Diesel prices have crossed that level. , Kerala, Karnataka and Leh. Prices vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.
Meanwhile, oil prices fell to a three-year high of $85 a barrel on Friday, fueled by forecasts of a supply deficit in the next few months, as demand eased from coronavirus-related travel restrictions, according to Reuters. Brent crude futures were up 86 cents, or 1 per cent, at $84.86 a barrel. Front-end prices rose 3 percent weekly, touching their highest level of $85.10 since October 2018, its sixth consecutive weekly gain.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 97 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $82.28 a barrel. This was the eighth consecutive weekly increase of 3.5 percent in the week.
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