Environment & Energy | Thursday 27 June, 2019 10:29 am |

Oil prices rose during the third week of June compared to their prices in the second week of the month, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Monday. According to the Ministry, the price of 95-octane gasoline rose from $567.6 per ton to $570.7 by 0.55 per cent, while the price of 90-octane gasoline rose by 0.9 percent from $548.9 per ton to $553.9. Diesel prices also rose by 1.9 per cent from $548.6 per ton to $559, and kerosene by 2.3 percent from $584.1 per ton to $597.73. The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of June stood at $422.4.