The demand for diesel stayed weak while petrol continued its solid recovery in the first fortnight of September.
Diesel sales in the first half of September were 1.5% less than in the same period last year and nearly 7% below that of September 2019, as per preliminary sales data from state-run oil companies, which control about 90% of the fuel retail market. Consumption of petrol surged 5.7% year on year and 8.3% above the pre-Covid level of 2019.
