New Delhi, Jan 10 (HS): Petrol and diesel prices have increased once again. On Friday, petrol became expensive by 15 paise in Delhi, while the price of diesel increased by 11 paise.

After this increase, the price of petrol in Delhi has been close to Rs 76 a liter, while the price of diesel has gone up to more than Rs 69. Similarly, the price of petrol has increased by 15 paise per liter in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai. However, after this increase, the price of petrol in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai has increased to Rs 75.96, Rs 78.54, Rs 81.55 and Rs 78.92 per liter respectively. According to the website of Indian Oil, the price of diesel in the four metros has also increased to Rs 69.05, Rs 71.42, Rs 72.41 and Rs 72.97 per liter respectively.

After the tension between Iran and America de-escalated, the prices of crude oil have started coming down in the international market. On the international futures market, Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, Brent crude was trading at $ 65.16 a barrel, down 0.32 percent over the previous session.