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Agriwatch Agri Commodity Index

August 28, 2016

Agri Commodities Index falls 1.33% as Pulses slide

The Agriwatch Agri Commodities Index fell 1.33% to 117.15 during the week ended August 27, 2016 from 118.73 during the previous week, led by sharply lower pulses prices. The base for the Index and all sub-Indices is 2014 (= 100).

Seven of the nine commodity group sub-Indices and 21 of the 29 individual commodity sub-Indices that constitute the main Index declined during the week.

The commodity group sub-Index values and their weekly changes are as follows:

Cereals Index: 103.67 (-0.28%), Pulses Index: 184.36 (-5.90%), Sweeteners (Sugar, Gur, Khandsari) Index: 120.82 (-1.06%), Fibres Index: 114.14 (-0.44%), Oilseeds Index: 113.21 (-1.65%), Spices Index: 136.60 (-4.57%), Other Non-Food Articles Index: 85.95 (-7.95%), Vegetables Index: 79.35 (+3.01%) and Edible Oils Index: 120.41 (+0.19%).