Petrol rose Rs1.20 to Rs393.86 a litre and high-speed diesel eased 17 paisas to Rs396.65, effective 15 October, under a notification from the Petroleum Division.
Direction reversed from yesterday
Wednesday’s revision cut petrol by Rs2.71 and diesel by three paisas. Thursday’s does the opposite on petrol and continues easing diesel.
Diesel remains the dearer of the two, by Rs2.79 — narrower than yesterday’s Rs4.16.
The recent gap, for readers tracking the crossover this paper reported on 8 October:
- 8 Oct — diesel cheaper by Rs1.71
- 13 Oct — diesel dearer by Rs1.48
- 14 Oct — diesel dearer by Rs4.16
- 15 Oct — diesel dearer by Rs2.79
What is actually moving
Diesel has now moved by three paisas and then seventeen paisas on consecutive days — effectively flat. Every meaningful change in the gap over the past week has come from petrol.
That matters because diesel is the fuel that sets freight and farm costs, and therefore prices in the shops. A stable diesel price is the more consequential fact here than the headline movement in petrol.
Prices are revised daily. A figure correct today should not be assumed to hold tomorrow.
This newspaper reported yesterday that petrol stood at Rs392.66 and diesel at Rs396.82.
[Image: The Express Tribune]
Sources: The Express Tribune, ARY News
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