Fuel prices will drop across the board for the third week of October under the weekly pricing mechanism.

RON95 petrol will go down by three sen to RM2.16 per litre compared to RM2.19 last week, RON97 petrol is also down by three sen to RM2.46 compared to RM2.49 per litre last week and diesel is down by seven sen to RM2.10 compared to RM2.17 per litre last week.

The new weekly fuel prices were posted on the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry's Twitter page.

The new prices will come into effect at 12.01am Thursday and will remain until October 18, 2017.