Table 24: Transactions on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
	Official Market
Period	Number	Average
	of	SEM-71	SEMDEX	Value of	Volume of
	Sessions			Transactions	Transactions
				(Rs'000)	('000)
Mar-98	21	100.00	422.11	10,834	572
Jun-98	22	107.49	456.42	5,547	244
Sep-98	22	116.09	485.22	10,735	429
Oct-98	21	106.21	447.43	14,043	524
Nov-98	21	109.32	456.35	6,818	214
Dec-98	22	110.24	460.85	5,190	137
Jan-99	19	109.54	458.93	9,108	270
Feb-99	17	105.74	444.64	4,374	147
Mar-99	20	101.60	426.40	6,467	271
Apr-99	22	98.51	414.11	4,670	118
May-99	21	95.62	400.87	16,060	479
Jun-99	22	99.56	409.82	5,381	251
Jul-99	22	97.47	405.74	7,330	384
Aug-99	22	95.34	395.87	6,440	317
Sep-99	21	98.79	406.37	5,833	307
Oct-99	21	98.33	407.94	3,792	165
Nov-99	21	99.64	409.98	19,395	1,054
1 The SEM-7 started with an index value of 100 on 30 March 1998.
Source: Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Table 25: Consumer Price Index1 and Inflation Rate
Month	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
January	109.0	119.4	126.9	133.7	145.9	105.5	114.6
February	110.2	119.9	127.4	134.3	145.9	106.0	114.9
March	110.7	120.8	128.2	134.3	146.2	106.7	115.1
April	111.1	121.0	128.8	134.9	146.1	107.4	115.6
May	114.0	122.6	129.0	135.6	146.7	108.0	115.8
June	114.7	123.2	129.8	139.6	147.9	109.6	117.4
July	115.4	123.2	130.0	140.4	103.0	109.7	117.8
August	116.3	123.8	131.4	141.7	103.3	110.0	118.3
September	117.2	124.2	131.7	141.7	103.6	112.1	118.5
October	117.3	124.2	132.4	142.3	103.5	112.7	118.5
November	117.9	124.9	132.9	142.5	103.6	113.1	118.9
December	118.5	125.6	133.1	142.9	103.9	113.4
Average	114.4	122.7	130.1	138.7	147.8	109.5
Inflation Rate	+10.5	+7.3	+6.0	+6.6	+6.6	+6.8	+7.22
(Per Cent)
1From July 1992 to June 1997, the base period was July 1991 - June 1992 = 100.  A new base period (July 1996 to June 1997 = 100)
has been introduced as from July 1997.
2 Twelve-month running inflation rate for the period ended November 1999.
Source: Central Statistical Office, Government of Mauritius.