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          2004 2005   Percentage Variation over         Weight May 22 Mar 26* May 21# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 182.2 189.5 192.0 –0.1 0.1 1.3 5.4 Primary Articles 22.02 187.2 183.4 188.7 –0.1 0.1 2.9 0.8   (i) Fruits

                    2004 2005 Percentage Variation over       Weight May 15 Mar 19* May 14# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 182.0 189.7 192.1 0.1 0.5 1.4 5.5 Primary Articles 22.02 186.6 184.4 188.9 0.3 1.0 1.7 1.

                    2004 2005   Percentage Variation over         Weight May 8 Mar 12* May 7# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 181.8 189.4 192.0 –0.1 0.7 1.4 5.6 Primary Articles 22.02 186.1 183.8 188.4 –

                    2004 2005   Percentage Variation over       Weight May 1 Mar 5* Apr. 30# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 181.8 189.2 192.1 0.1 1.0 1.4 5.7 Primary Articles 22.02 185.8 184.1 188.5 –0.1 1.1

          2004 2005   Percentage Variation over       Weight Apr. 24 Feb. 26* Apr. 23# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended             March   1     2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                       ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 181.2 188.9 191.9 0.4 1.3 1.3 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 184.6 183.3 188.6 0.8 1.6 1.6 2.2   (i) Fruits and V

2004 2005 Percentage Variation over Weight Apr. 17 Feb. 19* Apr. 16# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 181.0 188.9 191.2 0.3 1.1 1.0 5.6 Primary Articles 22.02 183.5 184.4 187.1 0.1 1.1 0.8 2.0 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 199.3 192.0 215.1 0.2 8.0 5.1 7.9 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 263.2 289.7 292.7 0.1 2.0 2.0 11.2 Manufactured Products 63.75 161.8 168.0 170.0 0.5 0.8 0.7 5.1 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2004 2005 Percentage Variation over Weight Apr. 10 Feb. 12* Apr. 9# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 180.8 189.0 190.7 0.3 0.8 0.7 5.5 Primary Articles 22.02 183.0 184.8 187.0 0.3 1.0 0.7 2.2 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 196.9 191.7 214.7 1.7 8.3 4.9 9.0 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 263.3 289.6 292.5 0.9 1.2 1.9 11.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 161.7 168.0 169.2 — 0.6 0.2 4.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gu

2004 2005 Percentage Variation over Weight Apr. 3 Feb. 5* Apr. 2# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 180.7 188.5 190.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 184.0 184.1 186.5 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 197.0 186.0 211.1 3.1 8.7 3.1 7.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 263.3 289.5 289.9 1.0 0.3 1.0 10.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 161.2 167.5 169.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 5.0 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gu

2004 2005 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 27 Jan. 29* Mar. 26# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 180.3 188.3 189.4 0.2 0.4 5.0 5.0 Primary Articles 22.02 181.1 183.9 185.7 0.4 0.3 2.5 2.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 173.0 185.9 204.7 2.8 4.9 18.3 18.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 262.8 288.1 287.0 — –0.7 9.2 9.2 Manufactured Products 63.75 161.6 167.5 168.9 0.2 0.8 4.5 4.5 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2004 2005 Apr. 8 Apr. 4 Apr. 5 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BSE SENSEX (1978-79=100) 5838.45 6604.42 6550.29 6606.41 6545.64 6479.54 S & P CNX NIFTY (3.11.1995=1000) 1853.55 2063.40 2052.55 2069.30 2052.85 2031.20