Cheaper fuel next week. Diesel drops five cents and gasoline drops three – Petroleum

Fuel prices will fall again next week. O diesel will be five cents cheaperwhile the Gasoline costs three cents lessa sector source told Negócios.

In this way, the average price of diesel simple practice carried out at gas stations should be 1,520 euros per liter from Monday, May 13th.

Already the Gasoline simple 95 should be at least 1,756 euros per literbased on prices published by the General Directorate of Energy and Geology.

This week, the average price of simple 95 gasoline is 1,786 euros per liter and of simple diesel is 1,570 euros.

Remember that the cost of fuel at the pump will always depend on each filling station, the brand and the area where it is located. Hypermarkets maintain the most competitive offers in road fuels, followed by operators in the low cost segment. The districts of Braga, Viana do Castelo and Aveiro recorded the lowest diesel and gasoline prices in mainland Portugal. Beja, Bragança and Lisbon had the highest prices.

The values ​​charged by the pumps also incorporate the weight of taxation. In September 2023, the Government announced that it would recover measures to reduce taxes on fuel, returning, through the ISP, which translates into an additional reduction of two cents per liter on diesel and one cent per liter on gasoline.

The movement in the prices of these two oil derivatives also follows the performance of the price of crude oil, which continues to appreciate for the third consecutive day, at a time when bets are increasing in favor of a cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the USA. Furthermore, the demand for “black gold” by Chinese and North American buyers has increased, at the same time that the war in the Gaza Strip continues to support prices, as the conflict affects Iran, one of the largest producers of the material. -cousin.

This Friday, North Sea Brent – ​​a reference for European imports – continues to gain 0.33%, trading at around 84.16 dollars per barrel. In turn, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – traded in New York – adds 0.48%, being traded at $79.64 per barrel.