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India's gasoline sales in July rise above pre-pandemic levels - prelim data

Indian state fuel retailers' gasoline sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels in the first fortnight of July, to grow about 3.44per cent over the corresponding 2019 period, preliminary industry data showed on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai
FILE PHOTO: A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai, India, May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

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NEW DELHI: Indian state fuel retailers' gasoline sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels in the first fortnight of July, to grow about 3.44per cent over the corresponding 2019 period, preliminary industry data showed on Friday.

The fuel retailers sold about 1.03 million tonnes of gasoline during the period from July 1 to 15, the data showed.

Gasoil sales, at about 2.49 million tonnes, were 10.7per cent less than the corresponding period in 2019, however, the data showed.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

Source: Reuters