site.btaFood Price Index Up by 0.62% in Third Week of October

A slight increase in the prices of some staple food commodities, fruits and vegetables was observed over the outgoing week, State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets data showed on Sunday. The market index for wholesale food prices in Bulgaria went up by 0.62% to 2.124 points in the outgoing week, the Commission said. Last week, the index stood at 2.111 points. The base level of 1 point was set in 2005.