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Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Aug. 9 Jun 13* Aug. 8# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 241.1 234.2 237.4 0.1 0.3 3.8 -1.5 Primary Articles 22.02 248.5 256.2 262.9 0.2 1.0 5.6 5.8 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 251.9 265.6 299.0 1.0 5.8 23.3 18.7 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 380.4 327.1 338.2 — -0.1 5.4 -11.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 207.4 205.9 206.1 0.1 0.1 2.6 -0.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari an

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Aug. 2 Jun 6* Aug. 1# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 241.4 234.1 237.2 0.1 0.3 3.8 -1.7 Primary Articles 22.02 249.6 256.3 262.5 0.1 1.5 5.4 5.2 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 249.9 262.1 296.1 0.7 7.7 22.1 18.5 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 380.4 327.1 338.3 — — 5.4 -11.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 207.5 205.7 205.9 0.1 -0.1 2.5 -0.8 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jul. 26 May 30* Jul. 25# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 240.7 234.4 236.9 — 0.9 3.6 -1.6 Primary Articles 22.02 249.8 257.4 262.2 0.4 1.4 5.3 5.0 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 255.2 270.7 294.0 1.3 6.4 21.2 15.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 378.2 326.1 338.2 — 3.1 5.4 -10.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 206.8 206.0 205.6 — — 2.3 -0.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jul. 19 May 23* Jul. 18# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 240.5 234.3 236.8 — 0.9 3.6 –1.5 Primary Articles 22.02 249.3 256.9 261.1 0.3 1.4 4.9 4.7 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 254.1 272.0 290.1 2.7 7.0 19.6 14.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 378.2 326.1 338.2 –0.1 3.1 5.4 –10.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 206.7 206.0 205.7 –0.1 –0.1 2.4 –0.5 (i) Sugar, Khandsar

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jul. 12 May 16* Jul. 11# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 239.5 234.6 236.7 0.1 1.1 3.5 -1.2 Primary Articles 22.02 248.0 257.9 260.3 0.7 1.6 4.5 5.0 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 251.1 272.8 282.5 2.7 8.7 16.5 12.5 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 376.2 326.1 338.4 0.1 3.3 5.4 -10.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 206.0 206.1 205.9 -0.1 — 2.5 — (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jul. 5 May 9* Jul. 4# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 239.3 234.2 236.4 0.7 1.6 3.4 -1.2 Primary Articles 22.02 247.6 257.5 258.5 — 1.0 3.8 4.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 247.7 271.0 275.0 -0.5 6.0 13.4 11.0 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 376.2 325.2 338.2 3.1 3.7 5.4 -10.1 Manufactured Products 63.75 205.9 205.9 206.1 0.2 1.1 2.6 0.1 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jun. 28 May 2* Jun. 27# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 238.4 233.9 234.7 — 0.9 2.7 -1.6 Primary Articles 22.02 246.7 256.5 258.5 0.3 0.3 3.8 4.8 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 250.0 274.3 276.3 1.9 -0.7 13.9 10.5 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 374.4 325.2 327.9 — 1.2 2.1 -12.4 Manufactured Products 63.75 205.2 205.7 205.7 -0.1 1.1 2.4 0.2 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jun. 21 Apr. 25* Jun. 20# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 237.7 233.1 234.6 0.2 1.0 2.6 -1.3 Primary Articles 22.02 244.5 255.6 257.6 0.5 0.4 3.5 5.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 243.9 272.9 271.2 4.3 -0.8 11.8 11.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 374.4 324.0 327.9 0.1 1.2 2.1 -12.4 Manufactured Products 63.75 204.8 205.0 205.9 — 1.2 2.5 0.5 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jun. 14 Apr. 18* Jun. 13# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 236.9 232.6 234.2 0.6 0.9 2.4 -1.1 Primary Articles 22.02 242.6 255.3 256.3 0.1 0.1 2.9 5.6 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 235.9 274.1 260.0 0.2 -4.3 7.2 10.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 374.7 324.0 327.5 0.4 1.1 2.0 -12.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 204.2 204.3 205.8 1.0 1.1 2.4 0.8 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

Items / Week Ended Weight 2008 2009 Percentage Variation over Jun. 7 Apr. 11* Jun. 6# Week Month End March Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 236.5 230.4 232.7 — 0.3 1.8 -1.6 Primary Articles 22.02 242.0 253.8 256.0 -0.7 — 2.8 5.8 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 236.0 269.4 259.4 -6.8 -5.2 7.0 9.9 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 374.2 323.0 326.2 0.7 0.8 1.6 -12.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 203.8 201.6 203.8 0.1 0.2 1.4 — (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gu