Most economists had expected it to be elevated above 6 percent which is similar to August numbers.
Mumbai: The Wholesale Price Inflation for the month of September has increased to 6.46 per cent as against higher-than-forecast of 6 percent by analysts and 6.1 percent in August.
It has been rising since May 2013 - it was 5.79 per cent in July, 5.16 per cent in June and 4.58 per cent in May. Core inflation also increased to 2.1 per cent in the month gone by as against 1.9 per cent in previous month.
Food articles inflation rose to 18.40 per cent from 18.18 percent and manufactured products inflation climbed to 2.03 per cent from 1.90 per cent M-o-M.
After the inflation figures were announces, the Sensex is up by 5.19 points at 20533.78 while the Nifty is down 1.80 points at 6094.40.
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