Petrol prices fall to lowest since February

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 9 - Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest level since February, sector publication Staffetta Quotidiana said Friday as many Italians geared to drive off for their summer holidays this weekend.
    On the eve of the last big summer exodus, fuel prices at the pump continue to fall, as the international price of petrol marks the third consecutive rise and the price of diesel falls slightly again, it said.
    The national average price of petrol is at its lowest level since 5 February, and that of diesel since 18 June.
    Prices at motorway service stations are now on average higher than in the ordinary network by about nine cents per litre on self-service petrol and almost eleven cents on diesel.
    For a full tank of 80 litres of diesel you spend on average almost 19 euros more on the motorway.
    If one differentiates between the price for self-service on the motorway and self-service on the ordinary network, the difference on petrol is as much as 36 cents per litre: for a 80-litre fill-up the motorway surcharge rises to almost 29 euros. (ANSA).