New Delhi, Jan 8 (TIWN) A day after taking petrol prices to all-time high levels in Delhi, oil marketing companies decided to keep fuel prices unchanged on Friday even though the global oil market remained firm.

Accordingly, petrol prices in Delhi remained unchanged at Rs 84.20 a litre while diesel prices maintained its price line of Rs 74.38 a litre in the national capital on Friday.   Elsewhere in the country as well fuel prices remained at Thursday's level.  Petrol and diesel prices had increased on two successive days on Wednesday and Thursday taking gasoline to record high levels in Delhi while keeping its prices very close to record high levels in other metro cities.  The increase followed swift movement of crude oil prices that rose above $55 a barrel on Thursday. It is just over $54 a barrel on Friday.