Diesel price today up by 8-9 p; Chennai rate near Rs 69-mark; check prices in other cities

Diesel price in India today: Where petrol prices have been quite volatile, the price of diesel has witnessed continuous hike in various metro cities, which has already reached to all-time high in the country. Unlike, petrol prices, the state-owned oil companies today decided to hike the prices of diesel in the range of 8 paisa to 9 paisa per litre.  Meanwhile the price of petrol was increased by 4 paisa to 5 paisa per litre each on Sunday. 

Diesel price in New Delhi: Diesel price in the national capital was available at Rs 65.09 per litre higher by 8 paisa from previous day prices of Rs 65.01 per litre.  
 

 
Diesel price in Kolkata: Similarly diesel in this city surged by 8 paisa and was available at Rs 67.78 per litre compared to the previous day price of Rs 67.70 per litre. 
 

 
Diesel price in Mumbai: Diesel here saw hike by 8 paisa and was valued at Rs 69.31 per litre versus previous day price of Rs 69.23 per litre. Diesel in this city has been very expensive. 
 

 
Diesel price in Chennai: The product in this city has become very expensive, so much, that it has reached near Rs 69-mark. On Sunday, the city saw hike of 9 paisa in diesel prices and stood at Rs 68.67 per litre - in comparison with previous day price of Rs 68.58 per litre.  
 

 
Diesel prices in other state capitals: The product in Bangalore was available at Rs  66.19 per litre, Bhopal at Rs 68.49 per litre, Bhubaneswar at Rs 69.83 per litre, Chandigarh at Rs  63.19 per litre, Dehradun at Rs  65.40 per litre, Gandhinagar at Rs 69.90 per litre, Hyderabad at Rs  70.72 per litre, Jaipur at Rs  69.40 per litre, Lucknow at Rs 65.24 per litre, Patna at Rs 69.71 per litre, Raipur at Rs 70.30 per litre and Srinagar at Rs 68.41 per litre. 

On Friday, Brent crude recovered from losses early in the session and settled up 56 cents at $72.58 a barrel, with a $5.48 weekly gain, or 8 percent.  U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 32 cents to $67.39 a barrel, up 8 percent for the week.