MOSCOW, Oct 2 Reuters Russian wholesale gasoline Ai92 grade prices declined 1.94 on Monday on the commodity exchange to 56,945 roubles 576.45 per tonne, according to exchange data, amid government efforts to stabilise the domestic fuel market and fuel export ban.

Diesel prices were down 4.97 on the day at 59,130 roubles per ton according to the data from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange SPIMEX.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday that the fuel export ban started to produce positive results with a decline in gasoline and diesel prices.

Russia39;s Federal AntiMonopoly Service opened last week six cases looking into violations of the fuel market.

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Reporting by Alexander Ershov; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin, editing by Ed Osmond

Source Reuters