Retail consumers of fuel petrol and diesel saw stability in prices with the diesel price remaining unchanged for a week and petrol for 18 days.
The same is attributed to the global demand and supply where the oil prices remained stable. Crude prices remained soft for most of the previous weeks and fell almost 10 per cent to close to $ 40 a barrel a week back. In the last few days, it has risen and is now around $ 43 a barrel.
With no revision in fuel prices on Saturday, in the national
capital, diesel continues to be priced at Rs 70.46 per litre. Similarly, prices
of the fuel in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, is also stable at Rs 76.86, Rs
75.95 and Rs 73.99 respectively.
The price of petrol in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata remains at Rs 81.06, Rs 87.74, Rs 84.14 and Rs 82.59 per litre respectively.
Petrol and diesel prices saw a lot of volatility in the months of July, August and September when prices moved up and down at frequent intervals with diesel prices witnessing steep fall lately.
Continuing coronavirus pandemic has impacted oil demand and pushed down prices in the absence of any other trigger to lift the markets.
(With inputs from IANS)