Along with China, the world's second-largest economy, the impact of the huge fall in crude oil prices due to the deadly Coronavirus outbreak in many countries is also being seen in India. With this, once in the major cities and states of the country, the price of petrol and diesel has seen a fall. This has kept Petrol Diesel Price at its lowest level for many months. In the national capital, on Saturday, the Petrol price was reduced by seven paise to Rs 71.89 per liter. Along with this, the average price of diesel in various cities of the country also declined by nine paise. The diesel rate in Delhi was reduced by nine paise to Rs 64.51 per liter.
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Earlier on Friday, the price of crude oil fell for the sixth consecutive day, while crude oil fell to its lowest level for more than a year on Friday. With this, the futures price of crude oil WTI fell to $ 45.73 a barrel on Friday at a time of 2.87% ie $ 1.32 decrease. Similarly, Brent Oil at one time declined by 2.71%, ie $ 1.40. After Delhi, let's talk about Noida, a major city of NCR. With this, the price of petrol in Noida on Saturday was Rs 73.82 per liter, while the Diesel rate was Rs 64.85 per liter, while in Gurugram petrol price was Rs 72 per liter. The price of diesel was Rs 63.96 per liter in the city. To buy a liter of petrol in Ghaziabad, you will have to spend Rs 73.96 per liter. The price of one liter of diesel here is Rs 64.72.
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To buy a liter of petrol in Mumbai, you have to spend Rs 77.56. At the same time, the price of diesel in the city was also reduced by nine paise. To buy a liter of diesel like this, you have to pay Rs 66.83 per liter in Mayanagari. In Kolkata, the price of one liter of petrol remained at Rs 74.53 per liter. For diesel, you will have to spend money at the rate of Rs 66.83 per liter. Petrol in Chennai was priced at Rs 74.82 per liter, though diesel cost Rs 68.12 per liter.
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