The reading for March WPI inflation was revised to 6.00 per cent from 5.70 per cent earlier.
New Delhi: Wholesale prices-based inflation in May accelerated to a five-month high of 6.01 per cent, driven up by higher food and fuel costs, government data showed on Monday.
The rise in the wholesale price index (WPI) compared with a 5.4 per cent year-on-year jump forecast by economists in a Reuters poll. In April, wholesale prices rose at their slowest pace in two months to 5.20 per cent.
The reading for March WPI inflation was revised to 6.00 per cent from 5.70 per cent earlier.
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