(Base : 1980-81=100)

Average of weeks ended

1990-91

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1997

Saturday/week ended Saturday

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Ordinary Shares

All Industries

500.3

1537.3

1189.6

1146.8

1061.0

1122.8

1107.0

1041.6

1004.1

992.8

959.5

Agriculture and Allied

Activities*

1159.2

4017.9

2478.8

1995.2

2033.8

2143.4

2059.5

1988.8

2027.3

2185.6

2125.1

Tea Plantations

1315.7

4612.8

2819.6

2234.7

2303.9

2430.7

2333.0

2251.5

2296.1

2479.5

2409.6

Processing and Manufacturing

485.9

1436.8

1155.3

1108.7

1017.7

1078.6

1063.7

998.9

959.1

945.7

915.2

Foodstuffs and Textiles

441.0

1546.0

1156.6

1021.6

1067.1

1107.6

1134.6

1056.2

1057.0

1064.5

1064.3

Foodstuffs *

745.9

3684.0

2601.2

2688.3

3822.5

3926.7

4108.8

3855.1

3987.5

4023.3

4079.4

Sugar

381.1

1234.1

723.6

721.1

501.6

498.5

470.4

464.3

444.5

430.4

404.2

Tobacco

922.3

8581.6

5634.6

6238.2

9780.3

10087.9

10719.6

9955.9

10415.4

10443.1

10531.9

Textiles *

360.1

984.8

777.5

584.1

343.9

367.7

354.0

321.8

287.9

287.9

272.9

Cotton Textiles

282.6

550.6

396.8

318.7

265.0

271.7

272.4

250.6

243.4

242.4

230.8

Jute Textiles

78.9

226.3

286.8

187.1

138.0

140.7

128.1

127.2

127.4

114.6

107.6

Silk,Woollen and Rayon

Textiles

435.8

1386.4

1073.3

774.0

431.6

465.8

431.7

405.1

381.0

381.0

360.5

Metals,Chemicals and Products

thereof

513.3

1458.5

1204.8

1220.6

1111.1

1184.3

1157.6

1091.1

1037.5

1012.9

971.3

Metals and Products thereof *

540.0

1340.0

1202.6

1220.7

1004.0

1087.4

1054.5

976.9

888.7

833.5

765.8

Aluminium

1544.9

4817.1

4189.3

4694.1

4728.2

5279.8

5263.3

4939.7

4472.8

3663.7

3288.9

Automobiles & Auto

ancillaries

606.0

1749.4

1785.8

1897.3

1373.6

1448.4

1388.8

1314.5

1211.5

1179.8

1078.3

Electrical/Electronic

Machinery

263.8

728.2

525.3

431.6

302.0

327.1

303.5

279.7

248.6

247.5

228.2

Other Machinery

359.6

721.5

686.9

742.6

629.8

679.2

650.1

598.1

568.0

572.1

533.9

Foundries and Engineering

Workshops

426.1

435.6

429.4

301.9

171.4

177.0

170.5

162.1

151.0

151.8

142.6

Chemicals and Products

thereof *

481.4

1581.3

1207.5

1220.5

1239.6

1300.5

1281.1

1228.1

1215.8

1227.9

1217.6

Chemical Fertilizers

495.5

1025.5

793.1

666.0

578.5

627.9

597.9

551.9

534.0

542.4

527.6

Dyes & Dye-stuffs

169.2

682.5

488.3

323.5

259.3

292.3

284.9

255.5

229.8

232.1

217.5

Man-made fibres

276.9

310.5

225.2

133.1

74.2

75.9

71.1

68.2

65.2

63.7

60.8

Other Basic Industrial

Chemicals

429.2

1172.7

860.7

665.4

540.7

568.3

554.1

521.8

512.0

515.6

488.8

Medicines & Pharmaceuticals

302.1

1799.8

1433.7

1243.1

1517.6

1595.1

1627.3

1555.6

1557.1

1568.9

1576.4

Other Processing and

Manufacturing *

431.8

1126.9

901.0

703.4

450.9

487.6

454.5

423.0

378.2

382.7

351.7

Cement

540.1

1809.2

1494.6

1146.7

853.3

928.8

888.0

846.1

768.7

807.8

757.4

Rubber and Rubber Products

527.0

1219.0

822.5

876.3

569.3

576.0

537.1

498.2

459.3

455.8

404.5

Paper and Paper Products

366.9

880.5

726.7

433.1

193.9

218.6

197.1

177.3

149.5

141.4

131.3

Other Industries *

349.5

1449.9

1291.9

1365.9

1169.0

1203.2

1167.9

1131.1

1119.7

1118.9

1014.3

Electricity Generation and

Supply

793.2

2425.6

2110.3

2277.1

2024.1

2232.1

2209.7

2010.4

1925.3

1940.8

1818.2

Trading

648.2

2284.7

1688.3

1360.2

1079.6

1105.6

1012.2

951.5

942.4

1007.8

959.1

Shipping

182.7

913.7

504.8

214.1

159.8

177.4

160.3

138.0

134.9

140.9

136.2

Hotels

275.3

2863.0

3763.7

5015.6

4375.3

4358.7

4270.7

4353.9

4429.0

4326.1

3787.5

Finance and Investment

194.8

403.8

351.1

578.0

539.7

545.3

550.4

526.8

507.0

494.2

439.7

* : Includes the sub-group Others/Miscellaneous.

Average of weeks ended

1998

Saturday/week ended Saturday

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Sep. 5

Sep. 12

Sep. 19

Sep. 26

1

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Ordinary Shares

All Industries

1032.4

1117.0

1111.9

973.0

954.5

911.8

918.0

895.0

916.8

928.2

931.8

Agriculture and Allied

Activities*

2101.8

2220.9

2130.8

1919.4

1829.9

1796.7

1670.3

1691.7

1665.7

1665.2

1658.7

Tea Plantations

2383.7

2523.5

2418.7

2172.3

2068.2

2029.5

1882.2

1907.0

1876.8

1876.2

1868.8

Processing and Manufacturing

986.7

1069.9

1067.5

933.5

918.1

876.7

883.2

861.7

883.3

894.7

893.3

Foodstuffs and Textiles

1199.5

1298.9

1314.9

1121.7

1146.5

1071.6

1147.9

1092.7

1148.6

1170.1

1180.2

Foodstuffs *

4685.1

5079.2

5148.4

4333.1

4516.4

4218.5

4641.6

4386.1

4642.7

4746.7

4790.8

Sugar

413.1

458.9

517.7

484.3

427.1

410.0

410.7

413.4

410.2

409.6

409.5

Tobacco

12289.2

13258.4

13475.2

11075.5

11647.6

10673.1

11975.5

11189.5

11967.9

12315.0

12429.7

Textiles *

284.6

306.6

308.7

278.8

262.1

245.6

230.9

228.3

231.5

231.3

232.5

Cotton Textiles

240.4

247.4

249.1

225.2

213.9

204.1

198.8

196.0

199.8

199.5

200.0

Jute Textiles

128.6

105.9

121.1

113.8

115.0

113.6

91.4

103.3

95.6

84.6

82.2

Silk,Woollen and Rayon

Textiles

372.1

431.0

437.2

390.5

362.7

324.3

276.7

273.7

278.2

277.3

277.7

Metals,Chemicals and Products

thereof

1029.2

1113.3

1106.4

974.2

941.9

906.7

890.7

877.5

890.8

900.1

894.5

Metals and Products thereof *

840.0

926.7

918.3

795.7

741.9

670.4

660.5

640.5

665.4

666.5

669.6

Aluminium

3709.0

3958.7

4236.8

3690.3

3416.9

3168.8

3015.1

2908.3

3016.0

3067.5

3068.7

Automobiles & Auto

ancillaries

1171.1

1295.6

1205.3

1011.0

938.6

838.9

843.5

826.1

847.8

851.6

848.5

Electrical/Electronic

Machinery

244.0

280.8

281.3

250.8

243.2

230.2

238.1

232.3

236.8

240.4

243.0

Other Machinery

558.1

633.0

639.0

548.4

527.8

499.9

502.9

488.6

520.8

499.3

502.8

Foundries and Engineering

Workshops

130.1

140.8

135.6

126.7

113.6

108.1

111.2

108.7

108.9

110.0

117.0

Chemicals and Products

thereof *

1256.0

1337.1

1331.8

1188.1

1181.5

1190.0

1166.5

1161.5

1160.8

1180.0

1163.9

Chemical Fertilizers

583.5

653.3

646.3

571.3

565.1

524.4

509.1

515.2

506.8

501.4

513.0

Dyes & Dye-stuffs

225.6

253.7

234.4

205.0

191.6

184.2

186.8

182.8

184.6

191.4

188.3

Man-made fibres

61.9

69.1

65.8

61.8

60.7

58.4

58.3

58.2

58.1

58.2

58.9

Other Basic Industrial

Chemicals

526.9

579.5

545.2

470.1

435.4

404.8

417.6

396.1

421.6

421.6

430.9

Medicines & Pharmaceuticals

1641.4

1768.8

1782.3

1639.0

1698.8

1710.1

1791.1

1756.1

1771.6

1800.5

1836.1

Other Processing and

Manufacturing *

373.6

422.2

407.8

375.4

371.0

359.9

351.3

350.2

350.0

353.2

351.7

Cement

810.2

825.7

816.4

783.9

806.6

859.6

806.7

841.0

803.2

797.3

785.4

Rubber and Rubber Products

427.1

517.4

507.1

446.5

435.7

396.1

384.1

375.2

387.2

385.9

387.9

Paper and Paper Products

146.5

182.0

165.0

155.8

139.2

125.0

134.4

123.4

134.6

140.6

139.2

Other Industries *

1106.2

1169.9

1111.7

991.4

926.2

880.7

914.8

857.0

878.7

884.2

1039.4

Electricity Generation and

Supply

2024.3

2151.9

2059.3

1784.8

1731.8

1678.3

1746.1

1745.9

1775.7

1722.9

1739.8

Trading

1015.5

1167.6

1069.0

994.9

1003.8

963.2

946.2

939.8

937.1

935.2

972.7

Shipping

137.4

152.3

145.1

143.1

135.6

121.5

120.9

119.3

119.5

119.6

125.2

Hotels

4230.0

4200.0

3957.2

3382.4

2963.4

2752.1

2988.4

2550.4

2676.2

2775.0

3952.0

Finance and Investment

451.3

486.2

472.0

427.5

393.8

414.4

412.1

407.3

416.6

414.1

410.2

* : Includes the sub-group Others/Miscellaneous.