New Delhi: The international market has seen a surge in crude oil prices once again. Brent crude rose 3.71 per cent to $75.42 a barrel. The price of WTI crude has jumped 4.21 per cent to $71.02 a barrel. The boil in crude oil seems to be providing relief to the common man from petrol and diesel inflation at present. Oil companies have released new prices of petrol and diesel for Monday amid a spurt in crude oil prices. The country's major oil companies IOC, BPCL and HPCL have not changed fuel prices today. Today is the 25th consecutive day when petrol and diesel prices have not seen any change.
Petrol-diesel prices in four major cities: Petrol is priced at Rs 103.97 per litre and diesel at Rs 86.67 in the capital Delhi on November 29. But in Ghaziabad, UP, adjacent to Delhi, the price of one litre of petrol is Rs 95.29 and diesel is Rs 86.80 per litre. Apart from Ghaziabad, Gurugram, which falls in NCR, still has lower petrol and diesel prices than Delhi. Petrol in Gurugram is Rs 95.90 per litre and diesel is Rs 87.11 per litre.
In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs 109.98 per litre and diesel at Rs 94.14 per litre today. In Chennai, the price of one litre of petrol is Rs 101.40 and that of one litre of diesel is Rs 91.43. Petrol is being sold at Rs 104.67 per litre and diesel at Rs 89.79 per litre in Kolkata today.
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