Price cuts fail to rally market

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File photo dated 13/09/05 of a person using a petrol pump as plunging petrol prices have failed to push up purchases at the pumps, according to Government figures highlighted by the AA. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday April 4, 2014. Petrol sales fell by 4.2% in the last three months of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012, the statistics showed. The big four supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda - were hit hardest with a 4.9% reduction while other retailers saw sales fall 3.6%. See PA story TRANSPORT Petrol. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Plunging petrol prices have failed to push up purchases at the pumps, according to Government figures highlighted by the AA.

Petrol sales fell by 4.2% in the last three months of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012, the statistics showed.

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