Malaysian consumer prices rose 1.0 percent in May from a year earlier and were up 0.1 percent from April, the Statistics Department said today.

For the first five months to May, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 1.2 percent year on year.

According to data released earlier, the CPI in April rose 1.0 percent year-on-year and 0.2 percent from March.

The 1.2 percent year-on-year rise in the January-May period was due to increases in all indices, except for clothing and footwear which fell 2.1 percent, and furniture, furnishings and household equipment and operation, which declined 0.6 percent. - AFP