New Delhi: A sharp near-eight per cent rise in vegetable prices, coupled with costlier manufactured items and edible oils pushed up inflation for the fifth consecutive week to tick over five per cent for the week ended September 27.

The point-to-point Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rose by 0.31 per cent to 5.03 per cent from 4.72 per cent in the previous week with indices of primary and manufactured products going up and the general price level was contained at 3.28 per cent in the year-ago period.

The WPI rose marginally by 0.2 per cent to 175.5 points in latest reported week as compared to 167.1 points in the previous year period, even as fuel prices remained subdued.

PTI