The index for primary articles rose 1.3 percent to 274.7 (provisional) from 271.2 (provisional) the week before. Similarly the index for manufactured products also rose 0.1 percent to 208.1 (provisional) from 207.9 (provisional).

The price index for fuel, power, light & lubricants also rose marginally to 343.4 (provisional) from 343.3 (provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of bitumen (9 percent), furnace oil and light diesel oil (4 percent each) and aviation turbine fuel (2 percent). However, the price of naphtha declined 7 percent.