The cost of premium petrol has been increased to up to ₹2.35 per litre by leading oil marketing companies from Friday, ANI reported. The prices of BPCL’s Speed, HPCL’s Power, and IOCL’s XP95 have been hiked by between ₹2.09 and ₹2.35 per litre. This comes after the escalating war in Middle East pushed oil prices to nearly $120 per barrel.