Islamabad
The prices of tomatoes, potatoes and LPG Cylinder went down by 29.88 per cent, 2.11 per cent and 2.63 percent respectively down during the week ending on August 26, as compared to the previous week, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Friday revealed.
On Year-on-Year basis the prices of potatoes went down by 25.43 per cent, Moong pulse by 19.17 per cent and tomatoes by 6.66 per cent.
On the other hand, the food items that witnessed increase in prices on Week-on-Week basis included, Chicken (9.52%), Pulse Masoor (9.32%), Onions (7.55%), Garlic (5.21%), Bananas (5.02%), Pulse Mash (3.33%), Eggs (2.86%), Pulse Gram (2.85%), Mustard Oil (2.02%).—APP
