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PATNA: Diesel prices per litre touched the highest ever Rs 74.57-mark in Patna on Tuesday. It sold for Rs 74.46 per litre on Monday.Petrol at Rs 83.70 was costlier than diesel only by Rs 9.13 on Tuesday. The first week of July again saw an upward trend with the prices touching the Rs 83 and Rs 73-marks respectively. Speed petrol, however, sold at Rs 87.45 per litre.Trade sources attributed the reducing gap between the petrol and diesel prices to the fact that petrol prices went up and down whereas the diesel prices showed only upward trend during the last few days.According to Bihar Petroleum Dealers Association president Prabhat Kumar Sinha, the prices of petrol and diesel went down throughout the month of June and remained in the range of Rs 82 and Rs 72 respectively. “But nobody can guarantee that the international oil market scenario will necessarily lead to fall in retail prices....