(Base : 1980-81=100)

Average of weeks ended

1990-91

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1998

Saturday/week ended Saturday

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Ordinary Shares

All Industries

500.3

1189.6

1146.8

1061.0

976.4

1117.0

1111.9

973.0

954.5

911.8

  918.0

Agriculture and Allied

Activities*

1159.2

2478.8

1995.2

2033.8

1827.6

2220.9

2130.8

1919.4

1829.9

1796.7

  1670.3

Tea Plantations

1315.7

2819.6

2234.7

2303.9

2066.8

2523.5

2418.7

2172.3

2068.2

2029.5

1882.2

Processing and Manufacturing

485.9

1155.3

1108.7

1017.7

939.3

1069.9

1067.5

933.5

918.1

876.7

883.2

Foodstuffs and Textiles

441.0

1156.6

1021.6

1067.1

1224.0

1298.9

1314.9

1121.7

1146.5

1071.6

1147.9

Foodstuffs *

745.9

2601.2

2688.3

3822.5

4937.3

5079.2

5148.4

4333.1

4516.4

4218.5

4641.6

Sugar

381.1

723.6

721.1

501.6

418.6

458.9

517.7

484.3

427.1

410.0

410.7

Tobacco

922.3

5634.6

6238.2

9780.3

12885.4

13258.4

13475.2

11075.5

11647.6

10673.1

11975.5

Textiles *

360.1

777.5

584.1

343.9

249.4

306.6

308.7

278.8

262.1

245.6

230.9

Cotton Textiles

282.6

396.8

318.7

265.0

208.4

247.4

249.1

225.2

213.9

204.1

198.8

Jute Textiles

78.9

286.8

187.1

138.0

94.5

105.9

121.1

113.8

115.0

113.6

91.4

Silk, Woollen and Rayon Textiles

435.8

1073.3

774.0

431.6

323.3

431.0

437.2

390.5

362.7

324.3

276.7

Metals, Chemicals and

Products thereof

513.3

1204.8

1220.6

1111.1

950.8

1113.3

1106.4

974.2

941.9

906.7

890.7

Metals and Products thereof *

540.0

1202.6

1220.7

1004.0

724.6

926.7

918.3

795.7

741.9

670.4

660.5

Aluminium

1544.9

4189.3

4694.1

4728.2

3360.3

3958.7

4236.8

3690.3

3416.9

3168.8

3015.1

Automobiles & Auto ancillaries

606.0

1785.8

1897.3

1373.6

917.1

1295.6

1205.3

1011.0

938.6

838.9

843.5

Electrical/Electronic Machinery

263.8

525.3

431.6

302.0

244.6

280.8

281.3

250.8

243.2

230.2

238.1

Other Machinery

359.6

686.9

742.6

629.8

520.3

633.0

639.0

548.4

527.8

499.9

502.9

Foundries and Engineering

Workshops

426.1

429.4

301.9

171.4

116.4

140.8

135.6

126.7

113.6

108.1

111.2

Chemicals and Products

thereof *

481.4

1207.5

1220.5

1239.6

1217.6

1337.1

1331.8

1188.1

1181.5

1190.0

1166.5

Chemical Fertilizers

495.5

793.1

666.0

578.5

524.4

653.3

646.3

571.3

565.1

524.4

509.1

Dyes & Dye-stuffs

169.2

488.3

323.5

259.3

200.8

253.7

234.4

205.0

191.6

184.2

186.8

Man-made fibres

276.9

225.2

133.1

74.2

59.9

69.1

65.8

61.8

60.7

58.4

58.3

Other Basic Industrial Chemicals

429.2

860.7

665.4

540.7

433.7

579.5

545.2

470.1

435.4

404.8

417.6

Medicines & Pharmaceuticals

302.1

1433.7

1243.1

1517.6

1940.4

1768.8

1782.3

1639.0

1698.8

1710.1

1791.1

Other Processing and Manufacturing *

431.8

901.0

703.4

450.9

359.2

422.2

407.8

375.4

371.0

359.9

351.3

Cement

540.1

1494.6

1146.7

853.3

773.1

825.7

816.4

783.9

806.6

859.6

806.7

Rubber and Rubber Products

527.0

822.5

876.3

569.3

409.8

517.4

507.1

446.5

435.7

396.1

384.1

Paper and Paper Products

366.9

726.7

433.1

193.9

136.8

182.0

165.0

155.8

139.2

125.0

134.4

Other Industries *

349.5

1291.9

1365.9

1169.0

935.8

1169.9

1111.7

991.4

926.2

880.7

914.8

Electricity Generation and Supply

793.2

2110.3

2277.1

2024.1

1701.1

2151.9

2059.3

1784.8

1731.8

1678.3

1746.1

Trading

648.2

1688.3

1360.2

1079.6

1035.4

1167.6

1069.0

994.9

1003.8

963.2

946.2

Shipping

182.7

504.8

214.1

159.8

128.3

152.3

145.1

143.1

135.6

121.5

120.9

Hotels

275.3

3763.7

5015.6

4375.3

3066.5

4200.0

3957.2

3382.4

2963.4

2752.1

2988.4

Finance and Investment

194.8

351.1

578.0

539.7

406.2

486.2

472.0

427.5

393.8

414.4

412.1

Average of weeks ended

1998

1999

Saturday/week ended Saturday

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Apr. 3

Apr. 10

Apr. 17

Apr. 24

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Ordinary Shares

All Industries

907.7

915.0

917.1

986.0

976.6

1025.1

993.4

1027.4

996.0

976.5

973.5

Agriculture and Allied

Activities*

1615.9

1628.9

1633.0

1814.2

1818.7

1841.3

1777.9

1875.3

1790.2

1738.1

  1707.9

Tea Plantations

1819.0

1834.7

1839.7

2050.6

2060.4

2089.9

2016.0

2129.6

2030.4

1969.6

1934.4

Processing and Manufacturing

873.5

879.7

884.0

950.1

941.7

991.5

963.9

993.9

963.8

954.5

943.2

Foodstuffs and Textiles

1184.4

1186.4

1166.8

1293.7

1299.8

1463.4

1412.8

1451.2

1411.2

1387.6

1401.1

Foodstuffs *

4835.6

4841.4

4747.5

5334.0

5409.5

6195.6

5979.9

6134.8

5964.3

5874.0

5946.5

Sugar

409.3

407.4

410.4

429.0

323.6

311.9

315.9

318.6

314.7

315.6

314.7

Tobacco

12635.0

12683.7

12367.4

14081.2

14269.1

16652.2

15876.5

16276.3

15779.0

15567.9

15882.8

Textiles *

226.1

227.1

227.0

233.3

221.2

221.4

214.1

222.0

216.2

210.0

208.1

Cotton Textiles

196.2

196.6

192.6

196.9

190.8

185.8

178.7

180.9

178.2

177.1

178.4

Jute Textiles

85.1

86.8

78.7

74.1

71.6

73.6

77.6

76.3

78.5

78.6

77.2

Silk, Woollen and Rayon Textiles

267.5

275.7

283.9

292.1

262.2

269.2

254.3

273.9

260.1

244.4

239.0

Metals, Chemicals and Products

thereof

864.5

873.9

890.2

942.6

930.0

945.9

918.1

953.1

921.7

902.8

895.0

Metals and Products thereof *

629.8

652.5

653.5

699.7

680.4

661.2

605.5

627.9

604.8

590.3

599.1

Aluminium

3006.1

3285.9

3268.9

3311.1

3047.7

2846.9

2360.6

2356.4

2297.3

2297.6

2491.0

Automobiles & Auto ancillaries

766.4

791.7

774.3

849.3

851.3

840.9

821.7

851.3

823.3

802.1

810.2

Electrical/Electronic Machinery

240.0

226.8

226.7

240.9

232.3

239.8

228.0

239.1

229.0

222.9

220.9

Other Machinery

483.8

476.1

466.8

487.5

483.1

487.5

482.5

503.7

488.5

472.0

466.0

Foundries and Engineering

Workshops

115.0

110.7

108.9

112.6

110.4

101.7

97.8

96.8

98.8

99.1

96.7

Chemicals and Products

thereof *

1145.9

1139.3

1173.9

1233.6

1229.1

1287.1

1292.8

1342.8

1301.5

1277.3

1249.5

Chemical Fertilizers

490.5

474.4

464.1

495.0

447.6

437.8

429.4

436.8

431.5

425.7

423.8

Dyes & Dye-stuffs

181.0

196.2

193.4

191.4

192.5

195.3

191.6

193.5

193.4

191.5

188.0

Man-made fibres

57.5

58.1

56.5

57.9

56.9

57.0

57.2

58.1

57.1

57.1

56.6

Other Basic Industrial Chemicals

395.1

388.9

391.8

419.0

385.4

364.2

345.1

357.9

347.7

338.1

336.8

Medicines & Pharmaceuticals

1876.7

1968.1

2096.5

2163.8

2250.5

2596.9

2422.3

2608.9

2492.2

2412.7

2175.6

Other Processing and

Manufacturing *

338.8

335.8

323.8

346.2

332.4

341.6

339.7

346.9

342.1

337.1

332.9

Cement

759.1

756.6

725.9

737.4

692.7

686.5

672.8

677.4

668.2

668.3

677.2

Rubber and Rubber Products

368.8

358.0

355.9

386.8

377.0

379.3

400.9

391.9

413.2

402.0

396.4

Paper and Paper Products

132.5

128.3

116.2

130.8

119.7

111.3

108.7

113.8

110.4

107.5

103.3

Other Industries *

905.7

932.0

849.0

891.3

837.2

807.6

770.8

796.1

781.5

759.7

746.0

Electricity Generation and Supply

1623.7

1627.4

1626.3

1613.3

1419.5

1309.0

1271.8

1278.6

1305.9

1271.9

1230.9

Trading

1009.8

1035.0

1027.5

1148.2

988.4

1059.2

1043.1

1067.8

1060.3

1024.9

1019.6

Shipping

120.1

120.2

121.1

123.9

116.8

120.4

87.6

94.2

88.6

83.2

84.5

Hotels

3035.3

3229.1

2579.6

2688.1

2633.4

2346.8

2203.0

2312.6

2227.8

2177.2

2094.6

Finance and Investment

384.9

381.9

373.2

381.7

369.4

370.4

368.7

371.0

365.2

367.1

371.7

* :

Includes the sub-group Others / Miscellaneous.