New Delhi, June 26 (TIWN) Rise in fuel prices continued on Friday across the metros with petrol prices crossing Rs 80 per litre in the national capital.

State-owned fuel firms benchmark retail rates to Arab-Gulf international oil prices and a formula decides them, the IOC chairman said, adding that demand dropped drastically in the aftermath of lockdowns imposed across the globe to curb spread of coronavirus, sending oil prices plunging to multi-year low.