Petrol, diesel prices up around 3 pct in Myanmar


YANGON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's petrol and diesel prices have risen some 3 percent from the prices a week earlier, before the central bank of Myanmar changed its reference exchange rates, official data showed Tuesday.

On Aug. 5, the central bank changed its reference exchange rates from 1,850 kyats to 2,100 kyats per U.S. dollar, 1,884.3 kyats to 2,148 kyats per euro and 273.81 kyats to 311.13 kyats per Chinese yuan.

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