New Delhi, March 23 (HS): Crude oil prices are again seeing a rise in the international market. In the last 24 hours, the price of Brent crude has increased to $ 76 per barrel and WTI crude has also reached close to $ 70 per barrel. However, public sector oil and gas marketing companies have not made any change in the prices of petrol and diesel.

According to the website of Indian Oil, petrol remained at Rs 96.72 and diesel at Rs 89.62 per liter in the capital Delhi on Thursday. Petrol in Mumbai costs Rs 106.31 and diesel costs Rs 94.27 per litre. At the same time, petrol is being sold at Rs 106.03 and diesel at Rs 92.76 per liter in Kolkata, while petrol is being sold at Rs 102.63 per liter and diesel at Rs 94.24 per liter in Chennai.

In the international market, on the fourth day of the week, Brent crude was down $ 0.77, or 1.00 percent, to trade at $ 75.92 per barrel in early trade, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $ 0.82, or 1.16 percent, to $ 70.08 per barrel. Trading on the barrel.

Hindusthan Samachar / Prajesh Shankar/Indrani Sarkar