Energy prices rose 2.3% on the month in July, while prices in the mining and manufacturing industries advanced 1.4% and 0.7%, respectively. Utility prices inched up 0.5% from a month earlier.
In annual terms, industrial prices rose 5.7% in July, again boosted by higher prices in all sectors, the data showed.
Prices in the utilities sector increased 23.7% in July from the year-earlier month, while manufacturing and energy prices rose by 5.6% and 4.9% on the year, respectively. Mining prices went up 4.8% on the year in July.