Gasoline, diesel prices cut

The retail price of gasoline has been cut by 0.91 yuan (13 US cents) per liter, and diesel by 1.08 yuan, as of midnight, the country's top economic planner announced yesterday.

But the National Development and Reform Commission did not say how the reductions would affect the range of prices for various grades of fuel or in different parts of the country.

For example, the top grade of gasoline in Beijing cost 6.78 yuan per liter yesterday.