Gas price up 0.6 lei

All types of gasoline increased in price at the pump by 0.6 lei Saturday afternoon as the price on diesel oil remained unchanged at 9.6 lei, Info-Prim Neo reports. The A-95 gas is now priced at 10.18 lei while the A-92 gas at la 9.8 lei. Asked to comment on the price rise, sources from Petrom-Moldova and LukOil Moldova confirmed the increase but abstained from revealing the reasons. At the same time, Petrol Importers Union spokesperson Leonid Smolnitski refused to either confirm or dismiss the news, citing his unavailability due to the non-working period of the week, and said an answer would be available on Monday. Last time, fuels increased in mid April by an average 9 percent. Asked whether any price changes would occur again, deputy economy minister Tudor Copaci said then that it depended on the developments on the world’s markets.