HALIFAX -- Maritimers will be paying more at the pumps Friday morning.

Gas prices in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island jumped by several cents per litre overnight Thursday.

In the Halifax area, regular self-serve gas increased by 1.1 cents overnight to a new minimum price of $1.262 per litre.

Diesel is up 2.6 cents per litre this morning to a new minimum of $1.145 per litre in the Halifax area.

The price of regular self-serve didn’t change in P.E.I., remaining at $1.207 per litre.

Diesel prices in P.E.I. went up 2.4 cents per litre, bringing the new minimum price to $1.244.

Overnight Wednesday, New Brunswick’s gas prices increased by 3.3 cents a litre for regular self serve, to a maximum price of 1.316.

Diesel prices in New Brunswick also increased 4.2 cents per litre to a minimum price of 1.291.