Fuel prices witnessed a marginal rise on Friday. Petrol in Delhi saw an increase of 8 paise/litre and is now retailing at Rs 70.55/litre, while the price of diesel was hiked by 19 paise to be sold at Rs 64.97/litre.
Meanwhile, petrol prices in Mumbai witnessed an increase of 7 paise/litre to be sold at Rs 76.18 per litre, while diesel is being sold at Rs 68.02 per litre.
Earlier on Thursday, petrol and diesel were retailing at Rs 70.47 and Rs 64.78 per litre respectively in Delhi, while in Mumbai, petrol costed Rs 76.11/litre a hike of 14 paise. On the other hand, diesel witnessed a rise in price by 20 paise in Mumbai and was sold at Rs 67.82 per litre.
The rise in prices comes amidst the revision of crude oil prices owing to a possible stifling of supply in the near future.