New Delhi: State-controlled oil marketing companies kept retail petrol and diesel prices unchanged for a second day on Thursday across major cities of the country. In national capital Delhi, petrol is being sold for Rs 72.24 per litre while diesel costs Rs 67.64 a litre, no change compared with yesterday’s price.

also read Special offer for credit card users at Alibaba March fest in shopping…check detail inside

 It is worth mentioning here is that petrol, diesel prices were hiked on Tuesday and petrol became costlier by 7 paise across metropolitan cities of the country while diesel became costlier by 10-11 paise per litre. In Mumbai, petrol and diesel are selling for Rs 77.87 a litre and Rs 70.86 per litre, as per data available with Indian Oil Corp website. Similarly, petrol is retailing at Rs 75.02 per litre and diesel can be availed at Rs 61.49 a litre in Chennai, no change in price as against Wednesday’s rates. Citizens in Kolkata have to shell out Rs 74.33 for a litre of petrol while diesel retailed at Rs 69.43 per litre. In Noida also, petrol price remained stagnant at Rs 71.75 and diesel price at Rs 66.58. In Gurugram, petrol, diesel prices remained stable at Rs 72.37 and Rs 66.76 respectively.

also read Loot Lo! With Alibaba March Fest 2019, Mobile Phones at discounted rates

It is worth noting that petrol and diesel prices in Delhi are the cheapest among all metros and most state capitals due to lower taxes. On Thursday, in the international oil market, crude prices went higher as OPEC initiated supply cuts and US curbs against exporters Venezuela and Iran. International Brent crude oil futures were trading at USD 66.36 per barrel, up 37 cents, or 0.6 per cent, from their last close.