Diesel price in India today unchanged; Mumbai price at Rs 69 per litre, check other cities
Diesel price in India has soared to near all-time high, and consumers are set to pay more for this fuel product.
Diesel price in India today: Like petrol prices, the state-owned Oil Companies today decided to keep the prices of diesel unchanged compared to previous day in various state capitals of India. The diesel prices reached to an all-time high in the country on the back of higher international crude oil. On Wednesday, global crude oil edged up, supported by a recovery in the equities market and on a technical bounce for crude after the biggest daily percentage drop in almost a year, but Brent futures stayed well below $70 a barrel.
Diesel price in New Delhi: Diesel price in the national capital was available at Rs 64.82 per litre.
Diesel price in Kolkata: Similarly, diesel was available here at Rs 67.51 per litre.
Diesel price in Mumbai: Diesel here was valued at Rs 69.02 per litre same as previous day.
Diesel price in Chennai: Diesel price in Chennai stood at Rs 68.38 per litre.
Diesel prices in other state capitals: The product in Bangalore was available at Rs 65.91 per litre, Bhopal at Rs 68.21 per litre, Bhubaneswar at Rs 69.54 per litre, Chandigarh at Rs 62.93 per litre, Dehradun at Rs 65.17 per litre, Gandhinagar at Rs 69.61 per litre, Hyderabad at Rs 70.43 per litre, Jaipur at Rs 69.12 per litre, Lucknow at Rs 65.01 per litre, Patna at Rs 69.44 per litre, Raipur at Rs 70.01 per litre and Srinagar at Rs 68.14 per litre.
Meanwhile, Brent crude futures gained 48 cents, or 0.7 percent, to settle at $68.12 a barrel. This followed a nearly 4 percent drop in Brent prices on Monday, the largest since June.
Brent had risen to $71 a barrel last week, close to its highest this year.
West Texas Intermediate futures rose 50 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at $63.51 a barrel.
10:48 AM IST