INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Petrol, Diesel Prices: On Wednesday, Brent hit its highest price since late 2014, at $86.74.Oil-marketing companies increased the prices of
petrol and diesel across the four metro cities on Saturday, despite the Centre and states announcing cuts in the rates
81.68 per litre in New Delhi, Rs
83.52 per litre in Kolkata, Rs
87.15 per litre in Mumbai and Rs
84.89 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
73.24 per litre in New Delhi, Rs
75.09 per litre in Kolkata and Rs
77.42 per litre in Chennai
However, diesel prices were cut by 70 paise in Mumbai and were sold at Rs
76.75 per litre, a day after Maharashtra announced reduction in diesel prices by around Rs 4/litre.On Thursday, 12 states slashed the prices
of petrol and diesel after the central government announced a Rs
1.5 per litre cut in excise duty and made state-run oil companies absorb a Re 1 per litre cut in fuel prices
The move to bring down domestic fuel prices came amid international crude oil rates soaring to 2014 highs in the past few days.Petrol and
diesel rates are decided on a daily basis by oil-marketing companies on the basis of the rupee-dollar rate and global crude oil
prices.Globally, crude futures steadied on Friday after climbing to four-year highs earlier this week, and both Brent and US crude marked
weekly gains ahead of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 1 cent to settle at $74.34 a barrel, reported news agency Reuters.Global benchmark Brent
crude futures for December delivery fell 42 cents to settle at $84.16 a barrel
On Wednesday, Brent hit its highest price since late 2014 at $86.74.
