It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for the usual weekly fuel price announcement – after five weeks of cheer for motorists, the latest update sees both petrol and diesel prices going up.

From tomorrow, July 6, RON 95 petrol will be priced at RM1.93 per litre (up four sen from RM1.89 per litre last week, while RON 97 petrol is priced at RM2.19 per litre (up four sen from RM2.15 per litre last week).

As for Euro 2M diesel, it will retail at the pump for RM1.91 per litre (up seven sen from RM1.84 previously) this week, while Euro 5 diesel will go for RM2.01 per litre (also up seven sen, from RM1.94 previously). These prices take effect from midnight until July 12, when the next price adjustment will be announced.

This is the 15th weekly fuel pricing update since the system’s implementation on March 30. Compared to March 2017 prices, which was before weekly pricing took effect, RON 95 is down by 37 sen (from RM2.30 per litre), RON 97 by 41 sen (RM2.60 per litre) and diesel is down by 29 sen (RM2.20).