UAE motorists to pay 5 per cent more at the petrol pumps in November

The government has released petrol and diesel prices for the month of November.

The Ministry of Energy sets the price of petrol country-wide each month. In November petrol prices are rising by 9 fils and diesel by 15 fils. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

Petrol prices will rise in November.

The Ministry of Energy announced on Sunday that motorists will pay Dh1.90 a litre for Super 98, up 4.9 per cent from October; Special 95 will cost Dh1.79, up 5.2 per cent, and E Plus will cost Dh1.72, up 5.5 per cent. Diesel will cost Dh1.91, up 8.5 per cent.

For October, Super 98 was priced at Dh1.81 a litre, Special 95 at Dh1.70 and E Plus was Dh1.63. Diesel cost Dh1.76.

Brent crude closed last week at $49.71 a barrel, a drop of 4 per cent for the week. That trimmed the commodity’s month-to-date gain to 4.2 per cent and year-to-date gain to 33.3 per cent.

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