New Delhi, July 1 (TIWN) After a longer break, the oil marketing companies have kept the retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged for the second consecutive day on Thursday.

Accordingly, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 98.81 a litre and diesel at 89.18 a litre in the national capital on Thursday.  Across the country as well the fuel prices remained unchanged. Fuel prices were last revised on Tuesday. 

The price rise pause has come not before the fuel rates have reached new highs across the country through numerous increases in the last two months. 

Starting from a price line of Rs 90.40 a litre on May 1, petrol is now priced at Rs 98.81 a litre in the national capital, rising by a sharp Rs 8.41 per litre in the last 60 days. Similarly, diesel price in Delhi also rose by Rs 8.45 per litre in the past two months to reach Rs 89.18 a litre.