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Egypt Raises Domestic Fuel Prices for 6th Time in a Row

A gas station in Cairo (AP)
A gas station in Cairo (AP)
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Egypt Raises Domestic Fuel Prices for 6th Time in a Row

A gas station in Cairo (AP)
A gas station in Cairo (AP)

Egypt raised on Wednesday its domestic fuel prices for the sixth time in a row along with the prices of diesel, which it has managed to sell at fixed price for three years.

The fuel pricing committee in a quarterly review raised domestic fuel prices by EGP0.50 for 80-octane, 92 octane petrol, and diesel while 95-octane petrol was raised by EGP1, the Petroleum Ministry said in a statement.

Prices of 80-octane, 92-octane and 95-octane petrol were raised to EGP8 ($0.4244), EGP9.25 ($0.4907) and EGP10.75 ($0.5703) per liter, respectively, while the diesel price reached EGP7.25, effective on Wednesday.

Egypt consumes about 12 million tons of diesel and about 6.7 million tons of gasoline annually.

The committee also decided to fix the prices of diesel supplied to the food and electricity industries, while raising the price of a ton of diesel fuel supplied to the rest of the industries by EGP400, bringing the price of a ton of diesel to EGP5,000.

The Ministry of Finance estimated the average price of an oil barrel in its 2022-23 budget at $80, compared to $61 in the previous budget.

The committee meets quarterly and relies in its decision on measuring the level of international oil prices, exchange rates, transportation, operating and production costs.

According to the law, it can fix, raise or reduce prices by no more than 10% each time its members meet.

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Brent crude futures climbed 57 cents, or 0.79%, to $72.41 a barrel by 0700 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $68.58 a barrel, up 58 cents, or 0.85%.
"Oil prices have managed to stabilize into the new week, with the continued expansion in China's manufacturing activities reflecting some degree of policy success from recent stimulus efforts," said Yeap Jun Rong, market strategist at IG.
This offered slight relief that oil demand from China may hold for now, he added.
A private-sector survey showed China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in five months in November, boosting Chinese firms' optimism just as US President-elect Donald Trump ramps up his trade threats.
Still, traders are eyeing developments in Syria, weighing if they could widen tension across the Middle East, Yeap said.
A truce between Israel and Lebanon took effect on Wednesday, but each side accused the other of breaching the ceasefire.
In a statement, the Lebanese health ministry said several people were wounded in two Israeli strikes in south Lebanon. Air strikes also intensified in Syria, as President Bashar al-Assad vowed to crush insurgents who had swept into the city of Aleppo.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, known as OPEC+, postponed its meeting to Dec. 5, sources told Reuters last week.
This week's meeting will decide policy for the early months of 2025.
Since the group's production hike had been widely expected, the market's focus may be on the extent of delay to sway crude prices, said IG's Yeap.
"An indefinite delay may be the best case for oil prices, given that earlier rounds of delays by a month or so have failed to drive higher oil prices in line with what OPEC+ intended."
Brent is expected to average $74.53 per barrel in 2025 as economic weakness in China clouds the demand picture and ample global supplies outweigh support from an expected delay to a planned OPEC+ output hike, a Reuters monthly oil price poll showed on Friday.
That is the seventh straight downward revision in the 2025 consensus for the global benchmark, which has averaged $80 per barrel so far in 2024.