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India’s wholesale prices rise 3.39% year-on-year in October

India’s wholesale prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in October, gaining 3.39 percent from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday.

Published on: Nov 15, 2016, 13:28:10 IST
By , New Delhi
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India’s wholesale prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in October, gaining 3.39% from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday.

Last month, wholesale food prices rose 4.34% year-on-year, compared with a provisional 5.75% gain in September. (AFP File Photo)
Last month, wholesale food prices rose 4.34% year-on-year, compared with a provisional 5.75% gain in September. (AFP File Photo)

The data compared with a 3.75% annual rise forecast by economists in a Reuters poll. In September, prices rose a provisional 3.57%.

Last month, wholesale food prices rose 4.34% year-on-year, compared with a provisional 5.75% gain in September.

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