PETALING JAYA: Petrol prices will go up for the second week of April under the new weekly pricing mechanism.

RON95 petrol will retail at RM2.16 per litre, up three sen from RM2.13, while RON97 petrol is up two sen to RM 2.43.

The price of diesel, however, will go down by three sen to RM2.08 per litre.

The new prices will come into effect on Thursday until April 12.

The Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry posted the new weekly fuel prices on Twitter.

Previously, Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin announced that a new weekly fuel pricing mechanism would be used from April onwards.