Petrol prices go up, snapping three-week decline


PETALING JAYA: Petrol prices across the board will go up for the third week of May compared to the previous week, ending a three-week period of declining prices.

The price of RON95 and RON97 will go up by 7 sen to RM2.08 per litre and RM2.36 per litre.

The price of diesel will go up by four sen from RM1.95 to RM1.99 per litre.

The new prices will be from Thursday to May 24. They were announced on RTM1 and posted on the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry’s Twitter account on Wednesday evening.

The weekly fuel pricing mechanism came into effect from April this year.

The prices of petrol and diesel had been placed on a managed monthly float system since Dec 1, 2014, following the removal of fuel subsidies.

With the new weekly mechanism, fuel prices will be announced every Wednesday and take effect at midnight.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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