NEW DELHI: Retail prices of petrol hit a new record high on Thursday in the national capital with oil marketing companies (OMCs) raising pump prices by 35 paise a litre to ₹86.65. Diesel prices were also up 35 paise a litre, selling at ₹76.83 a litre in Delhi.
Having held rates steady for 29 days, OMCs began raising auto fuel prices since early January. Petrol and diesel retailed at a record high in Mumbai as well, at ₹93.20 a litre and ₹83.67 a litre respectively.
Diesel had touched an all-time high of ₹81.94 a litre on 30 July in the nation capital.
