The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices went down to 121.15 last month from 121.96 in September.

The National Statistics Office said this primarily reflected a drop of 5.6 per cent in the restaurants and hotels index, mainly due to seasonally lower prices of accommodation services.

Cheaper fuels were the main reason behind a decrease of 0.8 per cent in the transport index. The communications index went down by 0.6 per cent on account of lower-priced mobile phones.

The clothing and footwear index recorded a rise of 7.2 per cent, mainly due to seasonally higher-priced garments.

Upward movements in school and private tuition fees resulted in an increase of 4.6 per cent in the education index. The housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels Index went up by one per cent due to costlier services for the maintenance and repair of dwellings.

Higher prices of furniture led the furniture, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house index to rise by 0.6 per cent.

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