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Petrol Prices in India Hiked Within a Week Check New Rates for May 2026

Econ PriceTradeDieselpriceOilprice

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India-specific retail fuel price hikes driven by state-run oil companies' losses, partially offset by global oil price decline. Channel: regulatory (administered pricing) and fx_passthrough (INR depreciation). Impact on Indian consumers and inflation; state-run refiners' margins improve with price hikes.

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  • Petrol price in New Delhi hiked to 98.64 INR per liter.
  • Diesel price in New Delhi hiked to 91.58 INR per liter.
  • Second price increase within a week; previous hike was 3 INR per liter last Friday.
  • Indian Ministry of Petroleum cites daily losses of billions of rupees by state-run oil companies.
  • Global oil prices declined after US paused military action against Iran.
Sector verdictCOMMODITY_OILDownmagnitude 2/3 Β· confidence 4/5

Global oil prices expected to decline by 2-4% in 48h due to US-Iran de-escalation; India demand impact minimal.

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Sector impact at a glance

  • COMMODITY_OILmid
  • COMMODITY_OILshort
  • EM_ENERGYmid
  • REFININGmid
  • REFININGshort

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