Table 23 : Transactions on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
	Official Market
	Number	Average
Period	of	SEMDEX	Value of	Volume of
	Sessions		Transactions	Transactions
			(Rs'000)	('000)
Mar-98	21	422.11	10,834	572
Jun-98	22	456.42	5,547	244
Jul-98	23	491.53	17,567	528
Aug-98	20	517.78	15,223	644
Sep-98	22	485.22	10,735	429
Oct-98	21	447.43	14,043	524
Nov-98	21	456.35	6,818	214
Dec-98	22	460.85	5,190	137
Jan-99	19	458.93	9,108	270
Feb-99	17	444.64	4,374	147
Mar-99	20	426.40	6,467	271
Apr-99	22	414.11	4,670	118
May-99	21	400.87	16,060	479
Jun-99	22	409.82	5,381	251
Source: Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Table 24 : Consumer Price Index 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
August	116.3	123.8	131.4	141.7	103.3	110.0
September	117.2	124.2	131.7	141.7	103.6	112.1
October	117.3	124.2	132.4	142.3	103.5	112.7
November	117.9	124.9	132.9	142.5	103.6	113.1
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	+7.9**
(Per Cent)
*  From 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.
**: Twelve- month running inflation rate for the period ended June 1999.
Source: Central Statistical Office, Government of Mauritius.